Roleset squat.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "sit ungracefully":

Roles:

Arg1:thing sitting, squatting


Arg2:location

Examples:

person: ns tense: present aspect: progressive voice: passive form: participle


passive? (-)
``But the Filipinos and the Americans, when I talk to them, there's so much passion about Filipino manhood being diminished *trace* as a result of *trace* being squatted upon *trace* by the Americans and so on.
REL:	squatted
Arg2-upon:	*trace* -> *trace* -> *trace* -> Filipino manhood
Arg1-by:	the Americans

Roleset squat.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "occupy a building illegally":

Roles:

Arg0:occupier


Arg1:occupied

Examples:

person: ns tense: past aspect: ns voice: active form: full


I don't have a good feel for this example (-)
John squatted (in) Mary's house, hoping to get permission to move in legally.
Arg0:	John
REL:	squatted
Arg1-(in):	Mary's house
Argm-ADV:	hoping to get permission to move in legally

I'm not sure if the preposition is necessary or even allowed.