Roleset interest.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "provoke interest":

Roles:

Arg0:agent, causer of interest


Arg1:interested entity


Arg2:interested in

Examples:

all args (-)
Mr. Guber and Mr. Peters planned to run the nearly dormant MGM studio, and the two even tried *trace* to interest Warner Bros.' President Terry Semel in becoming a partner after he advised them on the deal.
Arg0:	*trace* -> the two
REL:	interest
Arg1:	Warner Bros . ' President Terry Semel
Arg2-in:	becoming a partner




missing arg2 (-)
Mr. Sim considers the new unit's operations ``fundamentally sound'' and adds that Barry Wright has been fairly successful in moving into markets that *trace* haven't interested larger competitors.
Arg0:	*trace* -> that -> markets
ArgM-NEG:	n't
REL:	interested
Arg1:	larger competitors




adjectival, no arg2 (-)
But neither the pilots nor the machinists appear interested.
Arg1:	neither the pilots nor the machinists
REL:	interested




adjectival, with arg2 (-)
Jaguar assumed its recently customary place on the OTC most active list as its American depository receipts gained 1/4 to 11 7/8 on volume of 1.2 million shares and Daimler-Benz joined the list of companies interested in the British car maker.
Arg1:	companies
REL:	interested
Arg2-in:	the British car maker

The verbal and adjectival usages are very close, so go ahead and tag all. There's at least one mistagged nominal usage: "Business interests". Skip that/those.