Roleset erode.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "wear away by water or wind":

Roles:

Arg0:water or wind


Arg1:substance worn away

Examples:

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


ergative, with manner (-)
He said many portfolio managers, whose year-end bonuses are tied to annual performance, are selling now rather than risk seeing their gains erode further.
Arg1:	their gains
REL:	erode
ArgM-MNR:	further

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


agentive (-)
Such selling could erode prices of high-yield junk bonds, already weakened by a rash of corporate credit problems.
Arg0:	Such selling
ArgM-MOD:	could
REL:	erode
Arg1:	prices of high-yield junk bonds, already weakened by a rash of corporate credit problems