Roleset impress.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "make an impression":

Roles:

Arg0:agent, thing making an impress


Arg1:thing impressed


Arg2:instrument or manner

Examples:

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


oddly intransitive (-)
Some shows just don't impress, he says, and this is one of them.
Arg0:	Some shows
ArgM-DIS:	just
ArgM-NEG:	n't
REL:	impress

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


simple transitive (-)
That impressed Robert B. Pamplin, Georgia-Pacific's chief executive at the time, whom Mr. Hahn had met while fundraising for the institute.
Arg0:	That
REL:	impressed
Arg1:	Robert B. Pamplin, Georgia-Pacific's chief executive at the time, whom Mr. Hahn had met while fundraising for the institute

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


passive with 'with' (-)
Michael Burns, president of Telesystems, says his concern has only benefited from the publicity surrounding the case, noting that three other charities have signed on as clients because they were impressed *trace* with the amount he raised for National Children's.
REL:	impressed
Arg1:	*trace* -> they
Arg0-with:	the amount he raised for National Children's

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


with instrument (-)
Messrs. Guber and Peters assiduously courted the man's widow for months, showing her a tape of ``Gorillas in the Mist'' *trace* to impress her with the quality of their work.
Arg0:	*trace* -> *trace* -> Messrs. Guber and Peters
REL:	impress
Arg1:	her
Arg2-with:	the quality of their work

Reserve use of arg2 for only those cases where there's also a stated subject (arg0). Otherwise the agent/instrument distinction gets impossible.

Roleset impress.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "convince of importance":

Roles:

Arg0:agent of convincing


Arg1:entity convinced


Arg2:proposition

Examples:

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


impress on (-)
``It impresses on ordinary, young Filipinos that there's nothing to feel inferior about in using their own language,'' says Randy David, a sociologist and host of a popular television talk show.
Arg0:	It
REL:	impresses
Arg1-on:	ordinary , young Filipinos
Arg2:	there's nothing to feel inferior about in using their own language