Roleset temper.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "moderate":

Roles:

Arg0:moderator


Arg1:thing that would be extreme otherwise

Examples:

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


passive (-)
We note that in Rome yesterday Defense Secretary Cheney said that European euphoria over Mr. Gorbachev is starting *trace* to be tempered *trace* by a recognition of ``the magnitude of the problems he was trying to deal with.''
REL:	tempered
Arg1:	*trace* -> *trace* -> European euphoria over Mr. Gorbachev
Arg0-by:	a recognition of ``the magnitude of the problems he was trying to deal with