Predicate: empty

empty: Frames file for 'empty' based on sentences in wsj. Verbnet entries 45.4 and 10.3, Framenet entries Emptying and Removing.

Roleset id: empty.01 , cause to be empty, vncls: 10.3 45.4, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: causal agent (vnrole: 45.4-Agent, 10.3-Agent)
        Arg1: container (vnrole: 45.4-Patient, 10.3-Source)
        Arg2: substance (vnrole: 10.3-Theme)

Example: just transitive

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

        ``The guys are going for their skis, their stereos, their personal
        computers,'' said Frank Fitzgerald, who helped others empty their
        apartments.

        Arg0: others
        Rel: empty
        Arg1: their apartments

Example: container and substance

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

        The parties are currently negotiating over who would manage the
        building, which [*T*-3]-1 will be emptied [*-1] of 6,000 employees
        from Sears' merchandise group, which is moving elsewhere.

        ArgM-MOD: will
        Rel: emptied
        Arg1: [*-1]
        ArgM-RCL: which -> the building
        Arg2: of 6,000 employees from Sears' merchandise group, which is moving elsewhere