Roleset retaliate.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "violence in return":

Roles:

Arg0:violent entity, agent


Arg1:instigating act

Examples:

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


weird usage (-)
In addition to the damages, the suit seeks a court order preventing the guild from *trace* punishing or retaliating against *trace* Mr. Trudeau.
Arg0:	*trace* -> the guild
REL:	retaliating
Arg1-against:	*trace* -> Mr. Trudeau

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


this is what I had in mind (-)
John was forced *trace* to retaliate (for/against) Mary's constant violence.
Arg0:	*trace* -> John
REL:	retaliate
Arg1:	Mary's constant violence

prepositions in parentheses are to show additional possibilities for syntactic realization.