Roleset protest.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "object to something":

Roles:

Arg0:protester


Arg1:objectionable thing

Examples:

person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: ns form: infinitive


hey hey ho ho, we won't go (-)
Assume a neighborhood demonstration *trace* to protest speeding on a certain road or a careless accident involving a police car.
Arg0:	*trace* -> *trace* -> a neighborhood demonstration
REL:	protest
Arg1:	speeding on a certain road or a careless accident involving a police car

Arg1 will (almost?) always be an NP.

Roleset protest.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "manner of speaking":

Roles:

Arg0:speaker


Arg1:utterance


Arg2:hearer

Examples:

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


utterance missing (-)
Meanwhile, Secretary of State Baker said the U.S. protested to Moscow over shipments of East bloc arms to Salvadoran rebels from Managua.
Arg0:	the U.S.
REL:	protested
Arg2-to:	Moscow
ArgM-CAU:	over shipments of East bloc arms to Salvadoran rebels from Managua

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


missing hearer (-)
Fed officials may protest that this doesn't necessarily mean a fundamental change in their interest-rate policies.
Arg0:	Fed officials
ArgM-MOD:	may
REL:	protest
Arg1:	this doesn't necessarily mean a fundamental change in their interest-rate policies

Arg1 will (almost?) always be a S.