Roleset kayo.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "knock out":

Roles:

Arg0:hitter, agent


Arg1:sucker


Arg2:instrument

Examples:

person: third tense: past aspect: ns voice: passive form: participle


passive, one arg (-)
Anne Burford, the former EPA chief who resigned under fire in 1983 during a flap with Congress, was kayoed [*-1] in the confrontation, even though she was never charged with official wrondgoing.
REL:	kayoed
Arg1:	[*-1] -> Anne Burford, the former EPA chief who resigned under fire in 1983 during a flap with Congress,
ArgM-LOC:	in the confrontation
ArgM:	even though she was never charged with official wrondgoing

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


all args (-)
Mary kayoed John with a particularly vicious bitchslap.
Arg0:	Mary
REL:	kayoed
Arg1:	John
Arg2-with:	a particularly vicious bitchslap

could also appear as KO or K.O.