Rolesets - overflow

overflow

overflow.01 - be too full

OVERFLOW-V NOTES: Sounds better on a larger scale: "The floodwaters overflowed theriver." Even then doesn't sound great, but I know I've encounteredthis construction before. (from overflow.01-v)

Aliases:

overflow (v.)
overflow (n.)

Roles:

ARG1-GOL: container
ARG2-PPT: substance

overflow-v: container as subject

With newspapers being the largest single component of solid waste in our landfills , and with
our countryARG1
overflowingrel
with trashARG2
, all sectors of our society and all types of businesses must become more responsible in our use and disposal of precious natural resources .

ARG2 and ARG1

The stream waterARG2
has
overflownrel
the riverbanksARG1
and flooded into the nearby houses of herders .