soak
soak.01 - cause to become very very wet
SOAK-V NOTES: Based on sentences in financial subcorpus. Member of VNcls fill-9.8, wipe_manner-10.4.1, other_caus-45.4. (from soak.01-v)arg 0 might be the liquid in ergative usages. (from soak.01-v)
Aliases:
soak (v.)
soaking (n.)
soaking (n.)
Roles:
ARG0-PAG: causer
ARG1-PPT: thing getting wet
ARG1-PPT: thing getting wet
transitive
A 10 - gallon water coolerARG0
had toppled onto the floor , soakingrel
the red carpetingARG1
.ARG0 and ARG1
There was a jar full of sour wine there ,
soARGM-ADV
the soldiersARG0
soakedrel
a spongeARG1
in itARGM-LOC
.soak_up
soak_up.02 - absorb
SOAK_UP-V NOTES: See VNcls wipe_manner-10.4.1, phrasal variant not actually a member though. (from soak.02-v)Aliases:
soak_up (v.)
Roles:
ARG0-PAG: absorber, agent
ARG1-PPT: liquid
ARG2-MNR: instrument, if separate from agent
ARG1-PPT: liquid
ARG2-MNR: instrument, if separate from agent
no instrument
But the recent volatility in stock prices caused by the program trading has made
some market makersARG0
less willing to soakrel
uprel
the stocks that are for saleARG1
.with instrument
JohnARG0
soakedrel
uprel
the spilled milkARG1
with his linguistics homeworkARG2
.