Roleset sway.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "move ":

Roles:

Arg0:causer


Arg1:thing swaying


Arg2:degree of motion

Examples:

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


normally intransitive (-)
Suddenly the woman begins swaying and then writhing.
Arg1:	the woman
REL:	swaying

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


occasionally with EXT (-)
Staffers at Thompson, whose offices are in the ultramodern Embarcadero Center, watched pictures drop from the walls and then felt the skyscraper sway seven to eight feet, according to a spokeswoman.
Arg1:	the skyscraper
REL:	sway
Arg2-EXT:	seven to eight feet

Roleset sway.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "persuade (per-sway-d?)":

Roles:

Arg0:persuader


Arg1:persuaded

Examples:

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


cause to change mind (-)
As a result, many of those now planning to leave Hong Kong can't easily be swayed *trace* by momentary improvements in the colony's political and economic climate.
ArgM-DIS:	As a result
ArgM-MOD:	ca
ArgM-NEG:	n't
ArgM-MNR:	easily
REL:	swayed
Arg1:	*trace* -> many of those now planning to leave Hong Kong
Arg0-by:	momentary improvements in the colony's political and economic climate

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