Roleset excoriate.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "denounce":

Roles:

Arg0:speaker


Arg1:subject


Arg2:grounds, reason

Examples:

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


passive (-)
In return, Mrs. Thatcher is excoriated *trace* from Fleet Street to Paris as an obstructionist.
ArgM-DIS:	In return
REL:	excoriated
Arg1:	*trace* -> Mrs. Thatcher
ArgM-LOC:	from Fleet Street to Paris
Arg2-as:	an obstructionist

Literally 'to remove the skin,' and thus equivalent to 'flay'.