Predicate: saturate

Frames file for 'saturate' based on sentences in wsj. Verbnet entry 9.8.

Roleset id: saturate.01 , fill to capacity, vncls: 9.8

Roles:

        Arg0: agent of filling
        Arg1: container
        Arg2: substance

Example: agent and substance merged

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

        As hamburger and pizza outlets saturate one area after another,
        franchisers are struggling desperately for market share, slashing
        prices and stepping up costly promotions.

        Arg0 : hamburger and pizza outlets
        Rel : saturate
        Arg1 : one area after another

Example: no substance mentioned

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

        But low-priced and middle-priced furriers like Mr. Purnick, who
        [*T*-1] once saturated the five-block Seventh Avenue fur district,
        say imports have cut their sales.

        Arg0 : [*T*-1]
        ArgM-RCL : who -> Mr. Purnick
        ArgM-TMP : once
        Rel : saturated
        Arg1 : the five-block Seventh Avenue fur district

Example: no agent mentioned

        person: third,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: passive,  form: participle

        [The day]-1 was saturated [*-1] with the weight of its own impending
        history.

        Rel : saturated
        Arg1 : [*-1]
        Arg2 : with the weight of its own impending history