Predicate: saturate
Roleset id: saturate.01 , fill to capacity, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
saturate.01: SATURATE-V NOTES: Member of Vncls fill-9.8 (from saturate.01-v) SATURATION-N NOTES: saturate.01 (from saturation.01-n)
Aliases:
| Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
|---|
| saturate (v.) | Cause_to_be_wet | |
| saturation (n.) | | |
Roles:
If it seems like a substance, but has any sort of volition, we appear to be marking it at arg0. (from saturate.01-v)
Arg0-PAG: agent of filling, volitional filler (vnrole: 9.8-Agent)
Arg1-GOL: container (vnrole: 9.8-Destination)
Arg2-PPT: substance (vnrole: 9.8-Theme)
Example: agent and substance merged
person: ns, tense: present, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
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
Example: no substance mentioned
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
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)
Argm-slc: who -> Mr. Purnick
Argm-tmp: once
Rel: saturated
Arg1: the five-block Seventh Avenue fur district
Example: no agent mentioned
person: third, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: passive, form: participle
[The day]-1 was saturated [*-1]with the weight of its own impending history.
Rel: saturated
Arg1: [*-1]
Arg2: with the weight of its own impending history
Example: Arg1,2
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: ns
While most people think of diamonds as colorless, a segment of the diamond market is prized for its saturation of color.
Arg1: its
Rel: saturation
Arg2: of color