Rolesets - saturate

saturate

saturate.01 - fill to capacity

SATURATE-V NOTES: Member of Vncls fill-9.8 (from saturate.01-v)
SATURATION-N NOTES: saturate.01 (from saturation.01-n)
If it seems like a substance, but has any sort of volition, we appear to be marking it at arg0. (from saturate.01-v)

Aliases:

saturate (v.)
saturation (n.)

Roles:

ARG0-PAG: agent of filling, volitional filler
ARG1-GOL: container
ARG2-PPT: substance

agent and substance merged

As
hamburger and pizza outletsARG0
saturaterel
one area after anotherARG1
, franchisers are struggling desperately for market share , slashing prices and stepping up costly promotions .

no substance mentioned

But low - priced and middle - priced furriers like
Mr. PurnickARG0
,
whoR-ARG0
onceARGM-TMP
saturatedrel
the five - block Seventh Avenue fur districtARG1
, say imports have cut their sales .

no agent mentioned

The dayARG1
was
saturatedrel
with the weight of its own impending historyARG2
.

Arg1,2

While most people think of diamonds as colorless , a segment of the diamond market is prized for
itsARG1
saturationrel
of colorARG2
.