Frameset - absorb-v

Predicate: absorb

Roleset id: absorb.01 , suck up, vncls: -

Roles:

        Arg0: absorber, cause or agent
        Arg1: absorbed, us. liquid
        Arg2: sponge, arg 1 is absorbed into this, when separate from cause/agent
        Arg3: Source of liquid, absorbed from what?

Example: absorb losses

        person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: infinitive

        [Allstate]-1 is expected *trace*-1 to absorb another big hit in the
        fourth quarter as claims pour in from the San Francisco
        earthquake.

        Arg0 : *trace*-1
        Rel : absorb
        Arg1 : another big hit
        Argm-tmp : in the fourth quarter
        Argm-tmp : as claims pour in from the San Francisco earthquake

Example: Descriptive, with arg 2

        person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: ns

        George W. Bush, still by his own account given to "heavy drinking," absorbed *none* in changing the name of his chronically failed Arbusto Energy Oil Company to Bush Exploration...

        Arg1 : *none* &--> George W. Bush, still by his own account given to "heavy drinking,"
        Rel : absorbed
        Arg2 : in changing the name of his chronically failed Arbusto Energy Oil Company to Bush Exploration

Example: With source Arg 3...What habit?

        person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: ns

        The habit is very bad because salt absorbs water from the meat.

        Arg0 : salt
        Rel : absorbs
        Arg1 : water
        Arg3 : from the meat

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