Roleset cloud.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "(cause to) be cloudy":

Roles:

Arg0:causer, agent


Arg1:thing be(com)ing cloudy


Arg2:cloud, instrument

Examples:

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


agentive, sorta (-)
This can have its purposes at times, but there's no reason *trace* to cloud the importance and allure of Western concepts of freedom and justice.
Arg0:	*trace*
REL:	cloud
Arg1:	the importance and allure of Western concepts of freedom and justice

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


instrumental subject (-)
``The New York Stock Exchange has vested interests'' in its big member securities firms ``that *trace* cloud its objectivity,'' Mr. Timbers said.
Arg2:	*trace* -> that -> vested interests
REL:	cloud
Arg1:	its objectivity

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


all args (-)
John clouded his senses with heavy doses of children's cough syrup
Arg0:	John
REL:	clouded
Arg1:	senses
Arg2-with:	heavy doses of children's cough syrup

Reserve Arg0 only for those cases where there is a clear intentional agent causing some medium to be filled with clouds. This means you'll usually have instrumental subjects.