Rolesets - smother

smother

smother.01 - make it hard to breathe

SMOTHER-V NOTES: Member of VNcls fill-9.8, poison-42.2, subjugate-42.3. Updated by Julia, 11/2010. (from smother.01-v)

Aliases:

smother (v.)

Roles:

ARG0-CAU: cause of difficult breathing
ARG1-GOL: thing becoming smothered
ARG2-MNR: instrument, if agent is also present

passive

He said
JaguarARG1
``
shouldARGM-MOD
n'tARGM-NEG
be
smotheredrel
by anyone elseARG0
, '' recalled one participant .

odd instrument

Seeing all those millions in action , I was just so relieved that
Ms. Gruberova , gawky thing that she isARG0
, did
n'tARGM-NEG
accidentallyARGM-MNR
smotherrel
herselfARG1
in a drapeARG2
.

ARG0 and ARG1 and ARG2

The First WorldARG0
has for some time had the bad habit of
smotheringrel
other people 's economiesARG1
with this kind of unfocused kindnessARG2
.