Rolesets - startle

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.)

Roles:

ARG0-PAG: cause 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
.