Roleset envy.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "be jealous of":

Roles:

Arg0:envier


Arg1:envied


Arg2:cause

Examples:

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


usually transitive (-)
San Franciscans have a much higher incidence of audits than average because more of them score high under that formula, not because IRS agents envy their life styles.
Arg0:	IRS agents
REL:	envy
Arg1:	their life styles

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


occasionally with cause (-)
``I envy you your live-in slave,'' said one of Mary's friends.
Arg0:	I
REL:	envy
Arg1:	you
Arg2:	your live-in slave