Roleset drain.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "unfill, empty":

Roles:

Arg0:causative agent


Arg1:container


Arg2:substance

Examples:

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


all args, arg1 as PP (-)
Fed funds is the rate banks charge each other on overnight loans; the Fed influences the rate by *trace* adding or draining reserves from the banking system.
Arg0:	*trace* -> the Fed
REL:	draining
Arg2:	reserves
Arg1-from:	the banking system

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


all args, arg2 as PP (-)
John drained the basement of floodwater.
Arg0:	John
REL:	drained
Arg1:	the basement
Arg2-of:	floodwater

person: third tense: present aspect: perfect voice: active form: participle


oddly ergative (-)
The clutter of the 1940s remains, but its color has drained away, and the will to overcome has been defeated.
Arg1:	its color
REL:	drained
ArgM-ADV:	away

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


just container (-)
A lengthy recession, if it materializes, would drain state coffers and create severe hardships for urban workers.
Arg0:	A lengthy recession
ArgM-ADV:	if it materializes
ArgM-MOD:	would
REL:	drain
Arg1:	state coffers

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


careful! (-)
While the government drains Pemex from above, the union has drained it from below.
Arg0:	the government
REL:	drains
Arg1:	Pemex
ArgM-MNR:	from above

The default is for arg1 to be prepositional; the "drain X of Y" construction is a little stilted. However, if only one argument is present, it's the container, not the liquid. You can't say "John drained the beer" but you can say "John drained the bottle of beer".