Roleset berate.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "yell at":

Roles:

Arg0:yeller


Arg1:yelled at


Arg2:cause

Examples:

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


just transitive (-)
At his first Chicago press conference, he berated the reporters.
ArgM-LOC:	At his first Chicago press conference
Arg0:	he
REL:	berated
Arg1:	the reporters

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


with cause (-)
Mary berated John for being dead. (He ignored her.)
Arg0:	Mary
REL:	berated
Arg1:	John
Arg2-for:	being dead