Roleset prey.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "to hunt or victimize":

Roles:

Arg0:hunter, agent


Arg1:entity preyed on

Examples:

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


transitive (-)
His giddy dream of [*] redeeming a life of `` badly aimed bullets '' by [*-2] punishing the `` real robbers '' -- the rich `` dogs '' who [*T*-1] prey on the poor -- leads only to the death of innocents , and eventually to his own .
Arg0:	[*T*-1] -> who -> the rich `` dogs ''
REL:	prey
Arg1-on:	the poor