Roleset burst.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "appear suddenly, become":

Roles:

Arg1:thing appearing, topic


Arg2:further description

Examples:

person: third tense: present aspect: ns voice: active form: full


good enough example (-)
She bursts into tears and walks away.
Arg1:	She
REL:	bursts
Arg2-into:	tears

Roleset burst.02 Verbnet Class: 1 "minor explosion":

Roles:

Arg0:causer of explosion


Arg1:thing exploding

Examples:

person: ns tense: present aspect: ns voice: active form: gerund


agentive (-)
If Washington's elites ever succeed in [*-2] bursting the tax dam, Americans will be engulfed in a red sea of new spending programs, such as federalized child care.
Arg0:	[*-2] -> Washington 's elites
REL:	bursting
Arg1:	the tax dam

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


ergative/inchoative (-)
The primitive operations also burst out the back door into a small courtyard, where an ancient press squeezes rubber solution into a flat strip and newly made tires are cooled in a bathtub filled with water.
Arg1:	The primitive operations
ArgM-DIS:	also
REL:	burst
ArgM-DIR:	out the back door
ArgM-DIR:	into a small courtyard, where an ancient press squeezes rubber solution into a flat strip and newly made tires are cooled in a bathtub filled with water

Roleset burst.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "rapid movement":

Roles:

Arg1:thing in motion


Arg2:EXT


Arg3:start point


Arg4:end point


Arg5:direction

Examples:

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


stupid stock reports (-)
But then it suddenly burst upward 7.5 as Goldman, Sachs & Co. stepped in and bought almost every share offer, traders said.
ArgM-DIS:	But
ArgM-TMP:	then
Arg1:	it
REL:	burst
Arg5-DIR:	upward
Arg2-EXT:	7.5
ArgM-TMP:	as Goldman, Sachs & Co. stepped in and bought almost every share offer