Roleset torch.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "to cause to burn":

Roles:

Arg0:agent, causer


Arg1:entity torched

Examples:

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


transitive (-)
Four people torched three U.S. flags on the central steps of the U.S. Capitol in a bid [*] to test a new federal law protecting the American flag from desecration .
Arg0:	Four people
REL:	torched
Arg1:	three U.S. flags
ArgM-LOC:	on the central steps of the U.S. Capitol
ArgM-PNC:	in a bid [*] to test a new federal law protecting the American flag from desecration