Roleset backfire.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "have a bad result":

Roles:

Arg1:thing with bad result


Arg2:'benefactive'

Examples:

person: ns tense: present aspect: perfect voice: active form: participle


unaccusative (-)
Some other fare promotions have backfired.
Arg1:	Some other fare promotions
REL:	backfired

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


with 'benefactive' (-)
John's plan to make himself irresistable to women backfired on him, when he instead became only irresistable to female cats.
Arg1:	John's plan to make himself irresistable to women
REL:	backfired
Arg2-on:	him
Argm-TMP:	when he instead became only irresistable to female cats