Roleset torture.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "torture":

Roles:

Arg0:torturer


Arg1:tortured


Arg2:instrument

Examples:

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


just transitive (-)
The Barre dictatorship simply is limited in the amount of people *trace* it can torture and kill *trace*.
Arg0:	it
ArgM-MOD:	can
REL:	torture
Arg1:	*trace* -> *trace* -> people

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


with instrument (-)
Mary tortured John with chocolate cake. And don't forget the comfy chair.
Arg0:	Mary
REL:	tortured
Arg1:	John
Arg2-with:	chocolate cake