Roleset absorb.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "suck up":

Roles:

Arg0:absorber


Arg1:absorbed, us. liquid

Examples:

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


absorb losses (-)
Allstate is expected *trace* to absorb another big hit in the fourth quarter as claims pour in from the San Francisco earthquake.
Arg0:	*trace* -> Allstate
REL:	absorb
Arg1:	another big hit
ArgM-TMP:	in the fourth quarter
ArgM-TMP:	as claims pour in from the San Francisco earthquake