Frameset - drown-v

Predicate: drown

drown: Frames file for 'drown' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus.

Roleset id: drown.01 , to cover completely or make imperceptible, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

Arg0: entity covering
Arg1: entity covered

Example: transitive

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

        For now , however , [the naysayers ' voices]-1 are drowned [*-1] by the roar of cement mixers and the clanging of construction cranes along the Strip .

        Rel: drowned
        Arg1: [*-1]
        Arg0: by the roar of cement mixers and the clanging of construction cranes along the Strip

Roleset id: drown.02 , to die or kill by submerging in water, vncls: 40.7 42.2, framnet:

Roles:

Arg0: killer (vnrole: 42.2-Agent, 40.7-Agent)
Arg1: person drowned (vnrole: 42.2-Patient, 40.7-Theme)

Example: intransitive

        person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: infinitive

        It 's what 1 ) [*T*-3] explains why we are like , well , ourselves rather than Bo Jackson [*T*-4] ; 2 ) [*T*-3] cautions that it [*EXP*-1] 's possible [*] to drown in a lake that [*T*-2] averages two feet deep ; and 3 ) [*T*-3] predicts that 10,000 monkeys placed [*] before 10,000 pianos would produce 1,118 publishable rock 'n' roll tunes .

        Arg1: [*]
        Rel: drown
        ArgM-LOC: in a lake that [*T*-2] averages two feet deep

Predicate: drown_out

Roleset id: drown.03 , to make imperceptible, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

Arg0: a louder sound
Arg1: an imperceptible sound

Example: passive

        person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: passive, form: participle

        When the Soviets announced [0] their last soldier had left Afghanistan in February [*T*-1] , the voices of skepticism were all but drowned out by an international chorus of euphoria .

        Arg1: the voices of skepticism
        ArgM-ADV: all but
        Rel: [ drowned] [ out]
        Arg0: by an international chorus of euphoria