Roleset salt.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "apply salt to":

Roles:

Arg0:applier


Arg1:thing getting saltier


Arg2:explicit mention of salt itself

Examples:

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


literal (-)
John salts his Cheerios.
Arg0:	John
REL:	salts
Arg1:	his Cheerios

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


metaphorical (-)
John salts his speech with an assortment of four-letter words from various obscure languages.
Arg0:	John
REL:	salts
Arg1:	his speech
Arg2-with:	an assortment of four-letter words from various obscure languages

Roleset salt.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "store":

Roles:

Arg0:storer


Arg1:thing stored

Examples:

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


figures that the one attestation is weird (-)
On Saturday night, quite a few of the boys in green and gold salted away successes to salve the pain of past and, no doubt, future droughts.
ArgM-TMP:	On Saturday night
Arg0:	quite a few of the boys in green and gold
REL:	[ salted] [ away]
Arg1:	successes
ArgM-PNC:	to salve the pain of past and, no doubt, future droughts