Roleset flatter.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "to gratify vanity":

Roles:

Arg0:causer of gratification


Arg1:target of gratification

Examples:

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


passive (-)
Or a wife may make sudden demands that she be courted , flattered or coaxed [*-1] , simply because she needs her ego lifted [*-2] .
REL:	flattered
Arg1:	[*-1] -> she

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


intransitive (-)
White 's suggestion flattered , but he did not like the identity .
Arg0:	White 's suggestion
REL:	flattered

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


transitive (-)
`` You seem [*-1] to have read so much , you have a natural gift for words '' , he added [*T*-2] , [*-3] trying [*-4] to flatter her vanity .
Arg0:	[*-4] -> [*-3] -> he
REL:	flatter
Arg1:	her vanity

Framed by Ben.