Predicate: agonize

Roleset id: agonize.01 , suffer distress, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

agonize.01: AGONIZE-V NOTES: Member of Vncls amuse-31.1, marvel-31.3-8. (from agonize.01-v)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
agonize (v.)Emotion_active

Roles:

        Arg1-PPT: agonized entity (vnrole: 31.3-8-Experiencer, 31.1-Experiencer)
        Arg2-PAG: cause of agony (vnrole: 31.3-8-Stimulus, 31.1-Stimulus)

Example: Oh! Oh! I swoon!

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

        Many Americans still agonize over their own personal feelings about abortion.

        Arg1: Many Americans
        Argm-tmp: still
        Rel: agonize
        Arg2: over their own personal feelings about abortion

Example: weird, but LOTS of web examples-- arg2 as subject

        person: third,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: participle

        The destruction of 9/11 would have agonized him

        Arg2: The destruction of 9/11
        Argm-mod: would
        Rel: agonized
        Arg1: him