Roleset buzz.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "to make a buzzing sound ":

Roles:

Arg0:entity buzzing


Arg1:thing buzzing about

Examples:

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


intransitive (-)
For those hoping [*] to see a modicum of political normalcy restored -- in view of Greece 's eight-year misadventure under autocratic pseudosocialism and subsequent three-month hitch with a conservative-communist coalition government -- there is but one bright sign : The scandals still encircling former Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou and his fallen socialist government are like flies buzzing around a rotting carcass .
Arg0:	flies
REL:	buzzing
ArgM-LOC:	around a rotting carcass

person: ns tense: ns aspect: progressive voice: active form: infinitive


buzz about (-)
Conference attendees are expected [*-1] to be buzzing about the workings of the recently formed Resolution Trust Corp. , a federal agency charged [*] with [*] disposing of an estimated $ 200 billion [*U*] of real estate dumped [*] in government hands by insolvent savings and loans .
Arg0:	[*-1] -> Conference attendees
REL:	buzzing
Arg1-about:	the workings of the recently formed Resolution Trust Corp. , a federal agency charged [*] with [*] disposing of an estimated $ 200 billion [*U*] of real estate dumped [*] in government hands by insolvent savings and loans

Roleset buzz.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "to be filled with":

Roles:

Arg0:entity buzzing


Arg1:entity buzzing with

Examples:

person: third tense: present aspect: progressive voice: active form: participle


buzz with (-)
The advertising industry is buzzing with rumors that Kentucky Fried Chicken will drop Young & Rubicam and seek a new ad agency .
Arg0:	The advertising industry
REL:	buzzing
Arg1-with:	rumors that Kentucky Fried Chicken will drop Young & Rubicam and seek a new ad agency

Roleset buzz.04 Verbnet Class: NONE "visit briefly but noisily":

Roles:

Arg0:visitor


Arg1:destination

Examples:

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


whirlwind tour (-)
The chief economist of Merrill Lynch & Co. finds himself in such a position as he buzzes the Midwest on his first road trip since backpedaling on a major prediction.
Arg0:	he
REL:	buzzes
Arg1:	the Midwest
Argm-LOC:	on his first road trip since backpedaling on a major prediction

Roleset buzz.03 Verbnet Class: 1 "buzz off: to go away":

Roles:

Arg0:entity leaving

Examples:

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


intransitive (-)
Even if a grower beats them back , his $ 2,000 [*U*] rented bees might buzz off to the neighbors ' orchards instead of pollinating his , Mr. Broderick says [0] [*T*-1] .
Arg0:	his $ 2,000 [*U*] rented bees
ArgM-MOD:	might
REL:	[ buzz] [ off]
ArgM-DIR:	to the neighbors ' orchards