Predicate: startle

startle: Frames file for 'startle' based on sentences in brown. Verbnet entry

Roleset id: startle.01 , surprise, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: cause of surprise
        Arg1: experiencer of surprise

Example: straight transitive

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

        The disclosure by Charles Bellows, chief defense counsel,
        startled observers and was viewed as the prelude to a quarrel
        between the six attorneys representing the eight former policemen
        now on trial.

        Arg0: the disclosure by Charles Bellows, chief defense counsel
        Rel: startled
        Arg1: observers

Example: passive

        person: ns,  tense: past,  aspect: perfect,  voice: passive,  form: participle

        She could easily understand why the two men had been startled
        *trace* to find a strange girl in the back seat of their car.

        Arg1: the two men
        Rel: startled
        Arg0: *trace* to find a strange girl in the back seat of their car

Example: with odd end result

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

        Maybe one could be startled into forgetfulness.

        Arg1: one
        Argm-MOD: could
        Rel: startled
        Argm-PRD: into forgetfulness