Roleset stiffen.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "(make) become stiff":

Roles:

Arg0:cause of stiffness


Arg1:newly-stiff thing

Examples:

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


passive with cause (-)
The Pathet Lao, [*-2] stiffened [*-3] by Communist Veterans from neighboring North Viet Nam, were supplied by Soviet aircraft.
Arg1:	[*-3] -> [*-2] -> The Pathet Lao
REL:
Arg0-by:	Communist Veterans from neighboring North Viet Nam

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


unaccusative (-)
When the cloth dried and stiffened [*T*-3], he saw what adjustments had to be made.
Arg1:	the cloth
REL:
Argm-TMP:	[*T*-3] -> When