Roleset starve.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "to suffer or cause to suffer from deprivation or hunger":

Roles:

Arg0:cause of starvation


Arg1:entity starving


Arg2:entity starving for

Examples:

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


passive (-)
He could do more [*-1] to cut public subsidies and transfers , thus [*-1] making funds available for public services starved [*] of money for six years .
REL:	starved
Arg1:	[*] -> public services
Arg2-of:	money
ArgM-TMP:	for six years

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


intransitive (-)
Mr. Kaplan , author of `` [*] Surrender or Starve : The Wars Behind the Famine '' ( Westview Press , 1988 ) , lives in Lisbon .
Arg1:	[*]
REL:	Starve

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


with Arg2 (-)
`` We are starving for all the news , '' says [*T*-1] Mr. Deak , the student .
Arg1:	We
REL:	starving
Arg2-for:	all the news

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


with agent (-)
Mary starved John, trying to reduce his weight to a svelte 98 pounds.
Arg0:	Mary
REL:	starved
Arg1:	John
Argm-PNC:	trying to reduce his weight to a svelte 98 pounds