Roleset dry.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "to make or become unproductive":

Roles:

Arg0:entity causing unproductivity, agent


Arg1:entity dried up

Examples:

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


intransitive (-)
He wo n't for long , because his old state sources of rye and potatoes are drying up .
Arg1:	his old state sources of rye and potatoes
REL:	[ drying] [ up]

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


transitive (-)
But in either case , the report says [0] [*T*-2] , China 's balance of payments would rapidly dry up foreign reserves , which [*T*-1] are used [*-3] [*] to finance the imbalance .
Arg0:	China 's balance of payments
ArgM-MOD:	would
ArgM-MNR:	rapidly
REL:	[ dry] [ up]
Arg1:	foreign reserves , which [*T*-1] are used [*-3] [*] to finance the imbalance