Roleset burden.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "put a load on someone/thing":

Roles:

Arg0:loader


Arg1:carrier


Arg2:load

Examples:

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


all args (-)
Avery paid $750 million, including various legal and financing fees, to acquire Uniroyal Chemical, Middlebury, Conn., in 1986 -- a move that burdened Avery with debt.
Arg0:	*trace* -> that -> a move
REL:	burdened
Arg1:	Avery
Arg2-with:	debt

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


passive with with (-)
But some other analysts have a stormier forecast for the pound, particularly because Britain's inflation is hovering at a relatively lofty annual rate of about 7.6% and the nation is burdened *trace* with a struggling government and large current account and trade deficits.
REL:	burdened
Arg1:	*trace* -> the nation
Arg2-with:	a struggling government and large current account and trade deficits

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


careful: passive with by (-)
If Sen. Bradley would permit a vote on capital gains, though, it would pass, Christmas retail sales would be strong instead of burdened by a falling stock market, the 1990 economy would be robust, and the revenue gains at every level of government, including New Jersey's, would be surprisingly high.
Arg1:	Christmas retail sales
ArgM-MOD:	would
ArgM-DIS:	instead of
REL:	burdened
Arg2-by:	a falling stock market