Roleset essay.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "attempt, test":

Roles:

Arg0:tester


Arg1:thing being attempted/tested

Examples:

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


automatically generated (-)
The infant , in white terry-cloth bathrobe , her face intense and purposeful , had essayed a few wobbly steps toward her father .
Arg0:	The infant , in white terry-cloth bathrobe ,
REL:	essayed
Arg1:	a few wobbly steps
ArgM-DIR:	toward her father

Personally, I think this example is incorrectly parsed, but I followed the tree anyway. Framed by Ben.