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

Roles:

Arg0:believer


Arg1:belief

Examples:

nominal complement (-)
Cathryn Rice could hardly believe her eyes.
Arg0:	Cathryn Rice
Argm-MOD:	could
Argm-ADV:	hardly
REL:	believe
Arg1:	her eyes




prepositional complement (-)
I believe in the system.
Arg0:	I
REL:	believe
Arg1-in:	the system




sentential complement (-)
You believe that Seymour Cray can do it again.
Arg0:	You
REL:	believe
Arg1:	Seymour Cray can do it again

Once again, 'that' complementizers are not included. Wh-complementizers (who, what, where, etc, and 'if') WILL be included in the arg1.


sentential complement with passive extraction (-)
The declaration by Economy Minister Nestor Rapanelli is believed *trace* to be the first time such an action has been called for.
REL:	believed
Arg1:	[The declaration by Economy Minister Nestor Rapanelli ][*trace* to be the first time such an action has been called for]




light S (-)
Mary believes John an idiot.
Arg0:	Mary
REL:	believes
Arg1:	[John] [an idiot]

This is theoretically possible, but unlikely.