Roleset saturate.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "fill to capacity":

Roles:

Arg0:agent of filling


Arg1:container


Arg2:substance

Examples:

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


agent and substance merged (-)
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

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


no substance mentioned (-)
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 -> Mr. Purnick
ArgM-TMP:	once
REL:	saturated
Arg1:	the five-block Seventh Avenue fur district

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


no agent mentioned (-)
The day was saturated [*-1] with the weight of its own impending history.
REL:	saturated
Arg1:	[*-1] -> The day
Arg2-with:	the weight of its own impending history

It is very important to distinguish the agent of filling and the substance!