Roleset taint.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "contaminate":

Roles:

Arg0:cause/source of contamination


Arg1:thing becoming contaminated


Arg2:contaminant

Examples:

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


note the instrument (-)
According to department policy, prosecutors must make a strong showing that lawyers' fees came from assets tainted *trace* by illegal profits before any attempts at seizure are made.
REL:	tainted
Arg1:	*trace* -> assets
Arg2-by:	illegal profits

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


with contaminant (-)
John taints any room he enters with his foul stench.
Arg0:	John
REL:	taints
Arg1:	any room he enters
Arg2-with:	his foul stench

person: ns tense: past aspect: perfect voice: active form: participle


transitive (-)
At stake was an $80,000 settlement involving who should pay what share of cleanup costs at the site of a former gas station, where underground fuel tanks had leaked and taintd the soil.
Arg0:	underground fuel tanks
REL:	tainted
Arg1:	the soil