torment
torment.01 - cause anguish
TORMENT-V NOTES: Member of Vncls amuse-31.1. Checked by Julia, 10/2010. (from torment.01-v)Aliases:
torment (v.)
Roles:
ARG0-PAG: tormenter
ARG1-PPT: tormented
ARG2-MNR: instrument
ARG1-PPT: tormented
ARG2-MNR: instrument
just transitive
They concede that
much of the government meddlingARG0
thatR-ARG0
tormentsrel
themARG1
is essential to the public good , and even to their own businesses .with instrument
Far from being minimalistARGM-PRD
, the musicARG0
unabatinglyARGM-MNR
tormentsrel
usARG1
with apparent novelties not so cleverly disguised in the simplicities of 4/4 time , octave intervals , and ragtime or gospel chord progressionsARG2
.