Roleset dull.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "cause to be not shiny":

Roles:

Arg0:causer of dullness


Arg1:thing getting dull

Examples:

person: ns tense: present aspect: ns voice: passive form: participle


pretty simple (-)
Outside what essentially amounted to a bookkeeping exercise, dealers said London dealings were largely dulled *trace* by the absence of active interest beyond the market-makers.
ArgM-MNR:	largely
REL:	dulled
Arg1:	*trace* -> London dealings
Arg0-by:	the absence of active interest beyond the market-makers