Predicate: bedevil

bedevil: Frames file for 'bedevil' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. No Verbnet entry, comparison with 'plague'.

Roleset id: bedevil.01 , bother, plague, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: botherer, devil, agent
        Arg1: bothered
        Arg2: bothered by, plagued with

Example: no instrument

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

        As many economists and businessmen see it, those incongruities
        underscore a paradox that *trace* seems likely [*T*] to bedevil
        the economy throughout the 1990s.

        ArgM-RCL: that -> a paradox
        Arg0: [*T*]
        Rel: bedevil
        Arg1: the economy
        ArgM-TMP: throughout the 1990s

Example: all args

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

        John plagues Mary constantly with his whining for attention.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: plagues
        Arg1: Mary
        Argm-TMP: constantly
        Arg2-with: with his whining for attention