Roleset fret.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "worry":

Roles:

Arg0:fretter, worrier


Arg1:cause

Examples:

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


fret about an NP (-)
Meanwhile, business and government leaders rebuked the computer makers, and fretted about the broader statement the companies' actions make about Japanese cutthroat pricing.
ArgM-TMP:	Meanwhile
Arg0:	business and government leaders
REL:	fretted
Arg1-about:	the broader statement the companies' actions make about Japanese cutthroat pricing

person: third tense: present aspect: ns voice: active form: full


fret an SBar (-)
But Mr. Ruffo frets that an even bigger problem could be protectionism from the U.S., where some politicians oppose what they consider Japanese efforts to use maquiladoras to crack the U.S. market through the back door.
ArgM-DIS:	But
Arg0:	Mr. Ruffo
REL:	frets
Arg1:	an even bigger problem could be protectionism from the U.S., where some politicians oppose what they consider Japanese efforts to use maquiladoras to crack the U.S. market through the back door

person: ns tense: ns aspect: progressive voice: active form: participle


fret over an SBar (-)
They are obviously also more susceptible when they need money - retirees, for instance, trying to bolster their fixed income or parents fretting over how to pay for a child's college expenses.
Arg0:	parents
REL:	fretting
Arg1-over:	how to pay for a child's college expenses