Roleset startle.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "surprise":

Roles:

Arg0:cause of surprise


Arg1:experiencer of surprise

Examples:

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


straight transitive (-)
The disclosure by Charles Bellows, chief defense counsel, startled observers and was viewed as the prelude to a quarrel between the six attorneys representing the eight former policemen now on trial.
Arg0:	the disclosure by Charles Bellows, chief defense counsel
REL:	startled
Arg1:	observers

person: ns tense: past aspect: perfect voice: passive form: participle


passive (-)
She could easily understand why the two men had been startled *trace* to find a strange girl in the back seat of their car.
Arg1:	the two men
REL:	startled
Arg0:	*trace* to find a strange girl in the back seat of their car

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


with odd end result (-)
Maybe one could be startled into forgetfulness.
Arg1:	one
Argm-MOD:	could
REL:	startled
Argm-PRD:	into forgetfulness