Commentary: Syntax Includes: NP1[agent] FLOOD NP2[location] PP{with NP[theme]} NP1[theme] FLOOD NP2[location]
Examples:
He did not know the basement flooded when he purchased the house.
The smell of gasoline vapors after a failed start may mean you have flooded the engine.
In the microcosms flooded with saline media, the initially present members of the N. oligotropha lineage were replaced.
Jack stood up to reach for the tool catalog when suddenly the room flooded with fluorescent light.
He was about to sit down on the floor when the room flooded with Enya.
Thoughts of Keilan flooded to the front of her mind and she clenched her jaw.
Mappings:
VerbNet: fill-9.8,other_cos-45.4
FrameNet: Filling
PropBank: flood.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 2, 4
Commentary: Syntax Includes: NP1[agent] FLOOD NP2[patient[abstract]] PP{with NP[theme]} NP1[theme] FLOOD NP2[patient[abstract]] NP1[theme] FLOOD NP2[location[abstract]]
NOTE: while the agent may not be explicitly stated in all utterances, an agent is understood (Tennis shoes can't flood the market without a supplier!)
Examples:
Publishers flooded the market with books that matched this formula, giving readers more and more of what they demanded.
Those of you that flooded the Montana Park system with calls and emails please know that you did make a difference!
They spent roughly 5 million dollars on an aggressive campaign that flooded the airwaves with attacks against Senator.
Mappings:
VerbNet: fill-9.8
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: flood.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3
Commentary: Is: FLOOD IN
Examples:
Afterwards, hundreds of letters flooded in to the radio station.
Hundreds of stories flooded in, everything from standard computer failures to tales of blue smoke and fire.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: Mass_motion
PropBank: NM
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
flood_in 1
Commentary: Is: FLOOD OUT
Examples:
He was flooded out with too many questions to solve to allow him the time to disentangle them.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
flood_out 1