Roleset freeze.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "cause to be frozen":

Roles:

Arg0:causer of freezing


Arg1:thing freezing


Arg2:totally unnecessary secondary predication on arg1

Examples:

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


metaphorical freezing (-)
Under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations law, or RICO, the government has the authority *trace* to seek *trace* to freeze or seize a defendant's assets before trial.
Arg0:	*trace* -> *trace* -> *trace* -> the authority
REL:	freeze
Arg1:	a defendant 's assets




all args (-)
John froze the water solid.
Arg0:	John
REL:	froze
Arg1:	the water
Arg2:	solid

Roleset freeze.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "block":

Roles:

Arg0:blocker, Agent


Arg1:Theme (action or object being stopped)


Arg2:attribute of arg1


Arg3:Instrument

Examples:

person: third tense: past aspect: ns voice: passive form: participle


passive (-)
John was frozen *trace* out of graduating by his advisor's animosity. And the fact that John didn't do any of his work.
REL:	frozen
Arg1:	*trace* -> John
Arg2-out:	of graduating
Arg3-by:	his advisor's animosity