Roleset dilute.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "water down, make weaker":

Roles:

Arg0:causal agent


Arg1:thing weakening


Arg2:EXT


Arg3:start point


Arg4:end point


Arg5:instrument

Examples:

just transitive (-)
Mr. Hahn said Georgia-Pacific has accounted in its strategy for a ``significant downturn'' in the pulp and paper industry, an event that he said *trace* would temporarily dilute earnings.
Arg0:	*trace* -> that -> an event
ArgM-MOD:	would
ArgM-TMP:	temporarily
REL:	dilute
Arg1:	earnings




with extent (-)
William O. McCoy, president of the company's BellSouth Enterprises Inc. unit, said the revised agreement with LIN would dilute BellSouth earnings by about 9% in both 1990 and 1991.
Arg0:	the revised agreement with LIN
ArgM-MOD:	would
REL:	dilute
Arg1:	BellSouth earnings
Arg2-by:	about 9%
ArgM-TMP:	in both 1990 and 1991

There's some financial usage of "fully diluted stocks" which I don't understand, but which is clearly adjectival and thus can be ignored.


with instrument (-)
John diluted the perfectly aged Bordeaux with Mad Dog.
Arg0:	John
REL:	diluted
Arg1:	the perfectly aged Bordeaux
Arg5-with:	Mad Dog