Predicate: salt

Frames file for 'salt' based on sentences in wsj. No access to Verbnet at the moment.

Roleset id: salt.01 , apply salt to, vncls: 9.9

Roles:

        Arg0: applier
        Arg1: thing getting saltier
        Arg2: explicit mention of salt itself

Example: literal

        person: third,  tense: present,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full

        John salts his Cheerios.
       

        Arg0 : John
        Rel : salts
        Arg1 : his Cheerios

Example: metaphorical

        person: third,  tense: present,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full

        John salts his speech with an assortment of four-letter words
        from various obscure languages.
       

        Arg0 : John
        Rel : salts
        Arg1 : his speech
        Arg2 : with an assortment of four-letter words from various obscure languages


Predicate: salt_away

Roleset id: salt.02 , store, vncls: -

Roles:

        Arg0: storer
        Arg1: thing stored

Example: figures that the one attestation is weird

        person: ns,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full

        On Saturday night, quite a few of the boys in green and gold
        salted away successes to salve the pain of past and, no doubt,
        future droughts.

        ArgM-TMP : On Saturday night
        Arg0 : quite a few of the boys in green and gold
        Rel : [ salted] [ away]
        Arg1 : successes
        ArgM-PNC : to salve the pain of past and, no doubt, future droughts