Roleset shake.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "tremble":

Roles:

Arg0:causer of trembling motion


Arg1:thing trembling

Examples:

transitive agentive (-)
But why should an iffy $6.79 billion leveraged buy-out deal shake the foundations of the entire stock market?
ArgM-MOD:	should
Arg0:	an iffy $6.79 billion leveraged buy-out deal
REL:	shake
Arg1:	the foundations of the entire stock market




ergative (-)
The walls shook; the building rocked.
Arg1:	The walls
REL:	shook

Roleset shake.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "lose":

Roles:

Arg0:entity losing something


Arg1:thing lost


Arg2:benefactive, entity gaining thing lost

Examples:

transitive (-)
Dealers said the market still hasn't shaken off its nervousness after its bumpy ride of the past several sessions, caused by interest-rate increases last week and Wall Street's 6.9% plunge Friday.
Arg0:	the market
ArgM-TMP:	still
ArgM-NEG:	n't
REL:	[ shaken] [ off]
Arg1:	its nervousness
ArgM-TMP:	after its bumpy ride of the past several sessions, caused by interest-rate increases last week and Wall Street's 6.9% plunge Friday

Roleset shake.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "tremble very badly":

Roles:

Arg0:cause of shaking


Arg1:thing trembling

Examples:

agentive (-)
John's actions at the zoo really shook Mary up.
Arg0:	John's actions at the zoo
Argm-DIS:	really
REL:	[shook] [up]
Arg1:	Mary

This actually sounds better in the passive: "Mary was really shaken up by John's actions."


ergative (and Elvis!) (-)
Ah-huh, ah-huh, I'm all shook up.
Arg1:	I
Argm-ADV:	all
REL:	shook up