Roleset darken.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "(cause to) become dark":

Roles:

Arg0:causer of darkening


Arg1:thing becoming dark

Examples:

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


unaccusative (-)
He darkened under his heavy burn.
Arg1:	He
REL:	darkened
Argm-LOC:	under his heavy burn

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


transitive (-)
For a moment, anger darkened the hallway about her, and when she found her voice, anger thickened it.
Argm-TMP:	For a moment
Arg0:	anger
REL:	darkened
Arg1:	the hallway about her

person: ns tense: ns aspect: progressive voice: active form: participle


pretentious literary usage (-)
The darkening world scene, at the time of the Munich Pact, continued to trouble his mind even in his remote Virginia studio.
REL:	darkening
Arg1:	[world][scene]