"darken" Rolesets

darken.01 - (cause to) become dark

DARKEN-V NOTES: Verbnet entry other_cos-45.4, big surprise. (from darken.01-v)

Aliases:

darken (v.)
darkening (n.)

Roles:

ARG0-PAG: causer of darkening
ARG1-PPT: thing becoming dark

unaccusative

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transitive

, , and when she found her voice , anger thickened it .

pretentious literary usage

The , at the time of the Munich Pact , continued to trouble his mind even in his remote Virginia studio .

dark.02 - not reflecting much, if any, light

DARK-J NOTES: Added by Julia based on BOLT-4,5. related to 'darken.01'. (from dark.01-j)
DARKER-J NOTES: Automatically created by Julia as an alias file for unification. (from darker.01-j)

Aliases:

dark (j.)
darker (j.)

Roles:

ARG1-PPT: thing that doesn't reflect light
ARG2-VSP: specific part of arg1, if also mentioned

Muhammed Ali

I 'm so fast that last night I turned off the light switch in my hotel room and was in bed before was .

lexicalized comparative: arg1 and CXN

I 'm very pale caucasian and is , if I were to match to my chest I 'd just look a bit mucky , like I had n't washed in weeks , and I think that if your foundation does n't completely blend into your natural skintone along your jawline you can look like you 're wearing a mask .

applies to eye and hair

, was , dark of hair , dark dark dark of character .

dark.03 - morbid, depressive, evil, macabre

DARK-J NOTES: Added by Julia. (from dark.02-j)

Aliases:

dark (j.)

Roles:

ARG1-PAG: macabre thing
ARG2-VSP: specific aspect of arg1 that is macabre

both args: applies to 'character' only

, was dark of eye , dark of hair , dark dark .