Roleset harm.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "cause damage":

Roles:

Arg0:agent, causer


Arg1:entity damaged


Arg2:instrument

Examples:

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


nice and simple (-)
She said there is ``growing realization'' around the world that denial of intellectual-property rights harms all trading nations, and particularly the ``creativity and inventiveness of an offending country's own citizens.''
Arg0:	denial of intellectual-property rights
REL:	harms
Arg1:	all trading nations, and particularly the ``creativity and inventiveness of an offending country's own citizens

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


with instrument (-)
Critics of poison pills argue that they harm shareholders by letting corporate management defeat takeover bids at premium prices...
Arg0:	they
REL:	harm
Arg1:	shareholders
Arg2-by:	letting corporate management defeat takeover bids at premium prices

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


passivized non-agentive subject (-)
The class-action suit highlights shortcomings of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Liability Fund, which gets its money from oil companies using the pipeline and compensates those harmed by oil spills.
Arg1:	those
REL:	harmed
Arg0-by:	oil spills

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


unusual preposition introducing passivized subject (-)
Although the average citizen is probably not harmed *trace* too much from Washington's rhetorical war against Wall Street regarding excessive financial leveraging, actual legislation would probably impose considerable harm.
ArgM-DIS:	probably
ArgM-NEG:	not
REL:	harmed
Arg1:	*trace* -> the average citizen
ArgM-EXT:	too much
Arg0-from:	Washington's rhetorical war against Wall Street regarding excessive financial leveraging

To avoid excessive agonizing over the agent/instrument distinction, only use arg2 when arg0 is also present.