Roleset appall.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "strike with disgust":

Roles:

Arg0:causer of appallment


Arg1:appalled entity

Examples:

person: third tense: past aspect: ns voice: passive form: participle


infinitival cause (-)
I was appalled [*-1] [*-2] to read the misstatements of facts in your Oct. 13 editorial ``Colombia's Brave Publisher.''
REL:	appalled
Arg1:	[*-1] -> I
Arg0:	[*-2] to read the misstatements of facts in your Oct. 13 editorial ``Colombia's Brave Publisher

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


nominal cause (-)
Readers were electrified by the paper's audacity and appalled [*-1] by the dark side of life it uncovered.
REL:	appalled
Arg1:	[*-1] -> Readers
Arg0-by:	the dark side of life it uncovered

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


sbar cause (-)
They were appalled, for instance, that he wanted to target more of the $3 billion Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program to low-income projects and zero out the notorious ``discretionary'' funds that have allowed HUD officials to steer contracts to political cronies.
Arg1:	They
REL:	appalled
Arg0:	that he wanted to target more of the $3 billion Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program to low-income projects and zero out the notorious ``discretionary'' funds that have allowed HUD officials to steer contracts to political cronies

Please include the complementizer in the arg0, when appropriate.