Roleset annoy.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "annoy":

Roles:

Arg0:annoyer


Arg1:annoyed


Arg2:instrument, if separate from arg0

Examples:

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


boring transitive (-)
That response annoyed Rep. Markey, House aides said, and the congressman snapped back that there had been enough studies of the issue and that it was time for action on the matter.
Arg0:	That response
REL:	annoyed
Arg1:	Rep. Markey

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


passive with sentential 'agent' (-)
The 79-year-old Mississippian takes a more orthodox, entrenched view of agriculture policy than those in the movement to reduce chemical use, but as a master of pork-barrel politics, he is believed *trace* to be annoyed as well that the project moved to Arkansas from a Tennessee center near Memphis and the northern Mississippi border.
Arg1:	*trace* -> he
REL:	annoyed
ArgM-DIS:	as well
Arg0:	that the project moved to Arkansas from a Tennessee center near Memphis and the northern Mississippi border

Note that you need to have the complementizer in the arg0 or it becomes ungrammatical. person: ns tense: past aspect: ns voice: active form: full


with instrument (-)
John annoyed Mary by straining her coffee through his dirty socks.
Arg0:	John
REL:	annoyed
Arg1:	Mary
Arg2-by:	straining her coffee through his dirty socks

Can't say as I blame her.