Predicate: drown
Roleset id: drown.01 , to cover completely or make imperceptible, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
drown.01: DROWN-V NOTES: Frames file for 'drown' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus. (from drown.01-v predicate notes)
Aliases:
Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
drown (v.) | | |
Roles:
        Arg0-PAG: entity covering
        Arg1-PPT: entity covered
Example: transitive
        person: ns,  tense: present,  aspect: ns,  voice: passive,  form: participle
        For now , however , [the naysayers ' voices]-1 are drowned [*-1]by the roar of cement mixers and the clanging of construction cranes along the Strip .
        Rel: drowned
        Arg1: [*-1]
        Arg0: by the roar of cement mixers and the clanging of construction cranes along the Strip
Roleset id: drown.02 , to die or kill by submerging in water, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
drown.02: DROWN-V NOTES: Frames file for 'drown' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus. (from drown.02-v predicate notes)
Aliases:
Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
drown (v.) | | |
Roles:
        Arg0-PAG: killer (vnrole: 42.2-Agent, 40.7-Agent)
        Arg1-PPT: person drowned (vnrole: 42.2-Patient, 40.7-Theme)
Example: intransitive
        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: infinitive
        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
Predicate: drown_out
Roleset id: drown_out.03 , to make imperceptible, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
drown_out.03: DROWN_OUT-V NOTES: (from drown.03-v)
Aliases:
Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
drown_out (v.) | | |
Roles:
        Arg0-PAG: a louder sound
        Arg1-PPT: an imperceptible sound
Example: passive
        person: ns,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: passive,  form: participle
        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