Roleset mar.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "damage slightly":

Roles:

Arg0:causer of damage, agent


Arg1:patient


Arg2:instrument

Examples:

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


just transitive (-)
The federal response to California's earthquake crisis was marred [*-1] by coast-to-coast name-calling between the White House and San Francisco's Mayor Art Agnos.
REL:	marred
Arg1:	[*-1] -> The federal response to California's earthquake crisis
Arg0-by:	coast-to-coast name-calling between the White House and San Francisco's Mayor Art Agnos

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


with instrument (-)
John marred the finish on Mary's dining-room table with his muddy hobnailed boots.
Arg0:	John
REL:	marred
Arg1:	the finish on Mary's dining-room table
Arg2-with:	his muddy hobnailed boots

Only use arg2 when arg0 is also present.