Frameset

Predicate soak:

Frames file for 'soak' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. Verbnet entries fill-9.8, wipe_manner-10.4.1, other_caus-45.4. Other framed members include spot, surround, trim; scour, squeeze; and a whole bunch of others. No explicit comparison.

Roleset soak.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "cause to become very very wet":

Roles:

Arg0:causer

Arg1:thing getting wet

Examples:

gerund

transitive (-)
`A 10-gallon water cooler had toppled onto the floor, trace soaking the red carpeting.`
Arg0:	trace -> A 10-gallon water cooler
REL:	soaking
Arg1:	the red carpeting

person: ns tense: past aspect: ns voice: active form: full
prepositional thing getting wet (-)

The spilled milk slowly soaked into John's homework.

Arg0: The spilled milk

Argm-MNR: slowly

REL: soaked

Arg1-into: John's homework

prepositional thing getting wet (-)
`The spilled milk slowly soaked into John's homework.`
Arg0:	The spilled milk
Argm-MNR:	slowly
REL:	soaked
Arg1-into:	John's homework

Predicate soak_up:

Roleset soak.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "absorb":

Roles:

Arg0:absorber, agent

Arg1:liquid

Arg2:instrument, if separate from agent

Examples:

infinitive

no instrument (-)
`But the recent volatility in stock prices caused by the program trading has made some market makers less willing trace to soak up the stocks that are for sale.`
Arg0:	trace -> some market makers
REL:	[ soak] [ up]
Arg1:	the stocks that are for sale

person: ns tense: past aspect: ns voice: active form: full
with instrument (-)

John soaked up the spilled milk with his linguistics homework.

Arg0: John

REL: soaked up

Arg1: the spilled milk

Arg2-with: his linguistics homework

with instrument (-)
`John soaked up the spilled milk with his linguistics homework.`
Arg0:	John
REL:	soaked up
Arg1:	the spilled milk
Arg2-with:	his linguistics homework