Roleset damage.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "to harm or spoil":

Roles:

Arg0:agent, causer


Arg1:entity damaged


Arg2:instrument

Examples:

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


transitive (-)
`` The events of April through June damaged the respect and confidence which most Americans previously had [*T*-1] for the leaders of China . ''
Arg0:	The events of April through June
REL:	damaged
Arg1:	the respect and confidence which most Americans previously had [*T*-1] for the leaders of China

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


passive with adverbials (-)
Prices rose on the news that a sizable West German refinery was damaged [*-1] in a fire , [*] tightening an already tight European market .
REL:	damaged
Arg1:	[*-1] -> a sizable West German refinery
ArgM-LOC:	in a fire
ArgM-ADV:	[*] tightening an already tight European market