Predicate: darken

darken: Frames file for 'darken' based on sentences in brown.

Roleset id: darken.01 , (cause to) become dark, vncls: 45.4, framnet: -

darken.01: Verbnet entry other_cos-45.4, big surprise.

Roles:

        Arg0: causer of darkening (vnrole: 45.4-agent)
        Arg1: thing becoming dark (vnrole: 45.4-patient)

Example: unaccusative

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

        He darkened under his heavy burn.

        Arg1: He
        Rel: darkened
        Argm-loc: under his heavy burn

Example: transitive

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

        For a moment, anger darkened the hallway about her, and when she
        found her voice, anger thickened it.

        Argm-tmp: For a moment
        Arg0: anger
        Rel: darkened
        Arg1: the hallway about her

Example: pretentious literary usage

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: progressive,  voice: active,  form: participle

        The darkening world scene, at the time of the Munich Pact,
        continued to trouble his mind even in his remote Virginia
        studio.

        Rel: darkening
        Arg1: [world][scene]