Predicate: taint
Roleset id: taint.01 , contaminate, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
taint.01: TAINT-V NOTES: Frames file for 'taint' based on sentences in financial subcorpus andautomatic expansion via verbnet. (from taint.01-v predicate notes)
Aliases:
| Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
|---|
| taint (v.) | | |
Roles:
Arg0-PAG: cause/source of contamination (vnrole: 9.8-Agent)
Arg1-GOL: thing becoming contaminated (vnrole: 9.8-Destination)
Arg2-PPT: contaminant (vnrole: 9.8-Theme)
Example: note the instrument
person: ns, tense: present, aspect: ns, voice: passive, form: participle
According to department policy, prosecutors must make a strong showing that lawyers' fees came from [assets]-1 tainted *trace*-1 by illegal profits before any attempts at seizure are made.
Rel: tainted
Arg1: *trace*
Arg2: by illegal profits
Example: ARG0 and ARG1
Vote - buying in grassroots elections has also robbed the people of their right to elect the wise and the able , and tainted the development of Taiwan 's democracy .
Arg0: Vote - buying in grassroots elections
Argm-dis: also
Rel: tainted
Arg1: the development of Taiwan 's democracy
Example: transitive
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: perfect, voice: active, form: participle
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