Roleset traumatize.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "affect deeply and negatively":

Roles:

Arg0:cause


Arg1:patient


Arg2:instrument

Examples:

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


just transitive (-)
UAL, the hair-trigger stock that exploded Friday's market bombshell, briefly traumatized traders again yesterday.
Arg0:	UAL, the hair-trigger stock that exploded Friday's market bombshell,
ArgM-TMP:	briefly
REL:	traumatized
Arg1:	traders
ArgM-TMP:	again
ArgM-TMP:	yesterday

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


with instrument (-)
John traumatized Mary with his clown outfit.
Arg0:	John
REL:	traumatized
Arg1:	Mary
Arg2-with:	his clown outfit

Save the instrument arg for only those cases where the agent is also present.