Roleset gobble.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "eat voraciously":

Roles:

Arg0:eater


Arg1:food

Examples:

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


slightly odd without particle (-)
John gobbled the chocolate cake.
Arg0:	John
REL:	gobbled
Arg1:	the chocolate cake

Roleset gobble.02 Verbnet Class: 1 "make like a turkey":

Roles:

Arg0:turkey

Examples:

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


Old McDonald (-)
John gobbled, oinked, neighed, and did whatever gnu do.
Arg0:	John
REL:	gobbled

Roleset gobble.03 Verbnet Class: 1 "eat voraciously and completely":

Roles:

Arg0:eater


Arg1:food

Examples:

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


the one example (-)
More than ever, independent magazines and small publishing groups are being gobbled [*-1] up by larger publishing groups, such as American Express Publishing Corp., a unit of American Express Co., and Conde Nast Publications Inc., a unit of Advance Publications Inc., which are consolidating in order to gain leverage with advertisers.
ArgM-TMP:	More than ever
REL:	[ gobbled] [ up]
Arg1:	[*-1] -> independent magazines and small publishing groups
Arg0-by:	larger publishing groups, such as American Express Publishing Corp., a unit of American Express Co., and Conde Nast Publications Inc., a unit of Advance Publications Inc., which are consolidating in order to gain leverage with advertisers

Probably also gobble down.