Roleset rain.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "rain":

Roles:

Arg0:metaphorical agent


Arg1:metaphorical rain


Arg2:rained upon

Examples:

person: ns tense: past aspect: ns voice: active form: full


pure weather phenomena = no args (-)
It didn't help that on Saturday, after three days of sunshine, it rained.
ArgM-TMP:	on Saturday
ArgM-TMP:	after three days of sunshine
REL:	rained

person: ns tense: past aspect: ns voice: active form: full


maximally metaphorical (-)
The earthquake shattered windows at San Francisco International's air-traffic control tower and rained pieces of the ceiling down on controllers, three of whom suffered minor injuries.
Arg0:	The earthquake
REL:	rained
Arg1:	pieces of the ceiling
ArgM-DIR:	down
Arg2-on:	controllers, three of whom suffered minor injuries

person: ns tense: past aspect: ns voice: active form: full


single arg metaphor (-)
After two years of drought, it rained money in the stock-index futures markets yesterday.
ArgM-TMP:	After two years of drought
REL:	rained
Arg1:	money
ArgM-LOC:	in the stock-index futures markets
ArgM-TMP:	yesterday