Roleset drown.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "to cover completely or make imperceptible":

Roles:

Arg0:entity covering


Arg1:entity covered

Examples:

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


transitive (-)
For now , however , the naysayers ' voices are drowned [*-1] by the roar of cement mixers and the clanging of construction cranes along the Strip .
REL:	drowned
Arg1:	[*-1] -> the naysayers ' voices
Arg0-by:	the roar of cement mixers and the clanging of construction cranes along the Strip

Roleset drown.02 Verbnet Class: 1 "to die or kill by submerging in water":

Roles:

Arg0:killer


Arg1:person drowned

Examples:

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


intransitive (-)
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

Roleset drown.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "to make imperceptible":

Roles:

Arg0:a louder sound


Arg1:an imperceptible sound

Examples:

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


passive (-)
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