Roleset murder.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "cause to die":

Roles:

Arg0:killer


Arg1:corpse


Arg2:instrument

Examples:

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


passive, no agent (-)
To quote the highly regarded director of a privately funded drop-in center for the homeless in New York: ``If you're homeless, you don't sleep for fear of *trace* being robbed or murdered.
REL:	murdered
Arg1:	*trace* -> *trace* -> you

person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: ns form: gerund


agentive; true gerund! (-)
For example, one of my favorite movies is the 1949 British comedy ``Kind Hearts and Coronets,'' in which the entire comedy is based on actor Dennis Price's murdering eight titled relatives (all played by Alec Guinness) because they snubbed his mother and stand in the way of his acquiring the family title.
Arg0:	actor Dennis Price's
REL:	murdering
Arg1:	eight titled relatives (all played by Alec Guinness)
ArgM-CAU:	because they snubbed his mother and stand in the way of his acquiring the family title

person: ns tense: ns aspect: progressive voice: active form: participle


with instrument (-)
John dreamed of *trace* murdering Mary with nothing more than a plastic teaspoon, three pairs of pantyhose, and a live sea urchin.
Arg0:	*trace* -> dreamed
REL:	murdering
Arg1:	Mary
Arg2-with:	nothing more than a plastic teaspoon, three pairs of pantyhose, and a live sea urchin