Roleset trust.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "trust someone with something":

Roles:

Arg0:truster


Arg1:something


Arg2:someone

Examples:

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


trust X to Y (-)
Congress never fully trusted former CIA chief William Casey and National Security Adviser John Poindexter to honor the ban.
Arg0:	Congress
ArgM-TMP:	never
ArgM-ADV:	fully
REL:	trusted
Arg2:	former CIA chief William Casey and National Security Adviser John Poindexter
Arg1:	to honor the ban

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


same with passive extraction (-)
``She can no longer be trusted *trace* to behave in a civilised -- that is unflaky -- fashion when abroad.''
ArgM-MOD:	can
ArgM-TMP:	no longer
REL:	trusted
Arg2:	*trace* -> She
Arg1:	to behave in a civilised -- that is unflaky -- fashion when abroad

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


trust with (-)
John trusted Mary with his prized collection of bottlecaps.
Arg0:	John
REL:	trusted
Arg2:	Mary
Arg1-with:	his prized collection of bottlecaps

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


different trust to (-)
John trusted his prized collection of bottle caps to Mary.
Arg0:	John
REL:	trusted
Arg1:	his prized collection of bottle caps
Arg2-to:	Mary

Roleset trust.02 Verbnet Class: 1 "put faith in":

Roles:

Arg0:truster


Arg1:thing trusted

Examples:

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


pretty simple (-)
``I don't trust people who don't eat,'' said Ms. Volokh, though she herself stopped eating lunch a few years ago to drop 25 pounds.
Arg0:	I
ArgM-NEG:	n't
REL:	trust
Arg1:	people who don't eat

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


oddly intransitive (-)
In the end, after meeting with the former housekeeper, Stevens sits by the seashore at dusk, thinking of her and of his employer, and declares ``I trusted.
Arg0:	I
REL:	trusted

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


PP variant (-)
I trusted in his lordship's wisdom...
Arg0:	I
REL:	trusted
Arg1-in:	his lordship's wisdom