Rolesets - drown

drown

drown.01 - to cover completely or make imperceptible

DROWN-V NOTES: Frames file for 'drown' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus. (from drown.01-v predicate notes)

Aliases:

drown (v.)

Roles:

ARG0-PAG: entity covering
ARG1-PPT: entity covered

transitive

For now , however ,
the naysayers ' voicesARG1
are
drownedrel
by the roar of cement mixers and the clanging of construction cranes along the StripARG0
.

drown.02 - to die or kill by submerging in water

DROWN-V NOTES: Frames file for 'drown' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus. (from drown.02-v predicate notes)

Aliases:

drown (v.)

Roles:

ARG0-PAG: killer
ARG1-PPT: person drowned

intransitive

It 's what 1 ) explains why we are like , well , ourselves rather than Bo Jackson ; 2 ) cautions that it 's possible to
drownrel
in a lake that averages two feet deepARGM-LOC
; and 3 ) predicts that 10,000 monkeys placed before 10,000 pianos would produce 1,118 publishable rock ' n ' roll tunes .

drown_out

drown_out.03 - to make imperceptible

DROWN_OUT-V NOTES: (from drown.03-v)

Aliases:

drown_out (v.)

Roles:

ARG0-PAG: a louder sound
ARG1-PPT: an imperceptible sound

passive

When the Soviets announced their last soldier had left Afghanistan in February ,
the voices of skepticismARG1
were
all butARGM-ADV
drownedrel
outrel
by an international chorus of euphoriaARG0
.