startle
startle.01 - surprise
STARTLE-V NOTES: Frames file for 'startle' based on sentences in brown. Verbnet entry (from startle.01-v predicate notes)STARTLING-J NOTES: Automatically created by Julia as an alias file for unification. (from startling.01-j)
Aliases:
startling (j.)
startle (v.)
startle (v.)
Roles:
ARG0-PAG: cause of surprise
ARG1-PPT: experiencer of surprise
ARG1-PPT: experiencer of surprise
straight transitive
The disclosure by Charles Bellows , chief defense counselARG0
, startledrel
observersARG1
and was viewed as the prelude to a quarrel between the six attorneys representing the eight former policemen now on trial .passive
She could easily understand why
the two menARG1
had been startledrel
to find a strange girl in the back seat of their carARG0
.with odd end result
Maybe
oneARG1
couldARGM-MOD
be startledrel
into forgetfulnessARGM-PRD
.