Roleset chide.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "chastise, rebuke":

Roles:

Arg0:chider, agent


Arg1:recipient of chiding


Arg2:cause

Examples:

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


active (-)
We recall that Mr. Roberts not only chides the Chancellor for being too easy because of a desire to constrain sterling, but also led the chorus saying that Mr. Volcker was too tight when he let the dollar rise.
Arg0:	Mr. Roberts
REL:	chides
Arg1:	the Chancellor
Arg2-for:	being too easy because of a desire to constrain sterling

person: third tense: present aspect: perfect voice: passive form: participle


passive (-)
Mr. Bush has asked Congress to provide more than $400 million in economic aid and food grants for Poland's new government, but has been chided *trace* by Democrats for failing to do more.
REL:	chided
Arg1:	*trace* -> Mr. Bush
Arg0-by:	Democrats
Arg2-for:	failing to do more

Could also be a verb of saying. And shouldn't the past be "chidd"? Or, god forbid, "chad"?