Predicate: saturate
saturate: Frames file for 'saturate' based on sentences in wsj.
Roleset id: saturate.01 , fill to capacity, vncls: 9.8, framnet: Cause_to_be_wet
saturate.01: Member of Vncls fill-9.8
Roles:
If it seems like a substance, but has any sort of volition, we appear to be marking it at arg0.
Arg0: agent of filling, volitional filler (vnrole: 9.8-agent)
Arg1: container (vnrole: 9.8-destination)
Arg2: substance (vnrole: 9.8-theme)
Example: agent and substance merged
person: ns, tense: present, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
As hamburger and pizza outlets saturate one area after another,
franchisers are struggling desperately for market share, slashing
prices and stepping up costly promotions.
Arg0: hamburger and pizza outlets
Rel: saturate
Arg1: one area after another
Example: no substance mentioned
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
But low-priced and middle-priced furriers like Mr. Purnick, who
[*T*-1] once saturated the five-block Seventh Avenue fur district,
say imports have cut their sales.
Arg0: [*T*-1] (= who)
Argm-slc: who -> Mr. Purnick
Argm-tmp: once
Rel: saturated
Arg1: the five-block Seventh Avenue fur district
Example: no agent mentioned
person: third, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: passive, form: participle
[The day]-1 was saturated [*-1] with the weight of its own impending
history.
Rel: saturated
Arg1: [*-1]
Arg2: with the weight of its own impending history