Roleset embolden.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "make be bold":

Roles:

Arg0:thing causing boldness


Arg1:thing becoming bold


Arg2:instrument

Examples:

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


passivization and rightward extraction--whee! (-)
Another reason: *trace* Emboldened *trace* by their success in helping to scuttle the previous transaction, the machinists are likely to be more aggressive if a second buy-out attempt occurs.
REL:	Emboldened
Arg1:	*trace* -> *trace* -> the machinists
Arg0-by:	their success in helping to scuttle the previous transaction

The set 31.1 usually suggests an instrumental arg2--this sounds really awkward to my ear. Perhaps this verb doesn't belong to this class? Perhaps the class needs to be split?