<def-root>These are words relating to emptying containers and clearing areas of some substance or items. The area or container can appear as the direct object with all these verbs, and is designated <fen>Source</fen> because it is the source of motion of the <fen>Theme</fen>. Corresponding to its nuclear argument status, it is also affected in some crucial way, unlike <fen>Source</fen> in other frames. Some words in this frame, such as <ment>empty</ment>, may also occur with <fen>Path</fen> or <fen>Goal</fen> expressions, e.g.
<ex><fex name="Agent">The players</fex> <t>emptied</t> <fex name="Source">the bucket</fex> <fex name="Path">over his head</fex>. </ex></def-root>
<def-root>The <fen>Agent</fen> is the entity that does the emptying.
<ex><fex name="Agent">Pat</fex> <t>cleared</t> the table of dishes.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>The <fen>Theme</fen>, when overtly expressed, invariably occurs in a PP Complement headed by "of".
<ex>Pat <t>cleared</t> the table <fex name="Thm">of dishes</fex>.</ex> </def-root>
<def-root>The <fen>Source</fen> is the region or container which is emptied of something. In this frame, the <fen>Source</fen> occurs as an NP Object. <ex>Pat <t>cleared</t> <fex name="Src">the table</fex>.</ex> </def-root>
<def-root>The <fen>Path</fen> is any description of a trajectory of motion which is neither a <fen>Source</fen> nor a <fen>Goal</fen>.
<ex>Kim <t>emptied</t> the basin <fex name="Path">over the edge of the balcony</fex>.</ex> </def-root>
<def-root>The <fen>Goal</fen> is any expression which tells where the <fen>Theme</fen> ends up, or would end up, as a result of the motion.
<ex>The children <t>emptied</t> the toy box <fex name="Goal">onto the floor</fex>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>The <fen>Degree</fen> to which the <fen>Agent</fen> empties the <fen>Source</fen>.</def-root>
<def-root>Depicitive phrase describing either the <fen>Agent</fen> or <fen>Theme</fen> of the emptying. <ex><fex name="Dep">Naked</fex>, <fex name="Agent">Millhouse</fex> <t>emptied</t> <fex name="Source">the trash can</fex>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>The <fen>Manner</fen> in which the <fen>Agent</fen> empties the <fen>Source</fen>.</def-root>
<def-root>The <fen>Means</fen> by which the <fen>Agent</fen> empties the <fen>Source</fen>.</def-root>
<def-root>The <fen>Result</fen> of the <fen>Agent</fen> emptying the <fen>Source</fen>.</def-root>
<def-root>This is the object with which the <fen>Agent</fen> empties the <fen>Source</fen>.
<ex>I <t>emptied</t> the tub <fex name="Inst">with a bucket</fex>.</ex>
<ex>I <t>peeled</t> the oranges <fex name="Inst">with a knife</fex>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>The <fen>Cause</fen> is the non-sentient force which instigates the emptying. <ex><fex name="Cause">A basic washing</fex> can <t>degrease</t> <fex name="Source">your workclothes</fex>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>The location where the emptying takes place.
<ex>Don't <t>eviscerate</t> him <fex name="pla">in the house</fex>!</ex></def-root>
<def-root>The time at which the emptying takes place.
<ex>The prisoners were <t>deloused</t> <fex name="tim">in June and August</fex>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>This FE denotes an event that occurs or state of affairs that holds at a time that includes the time during which the event or state of affairs reported by the target occurs and of which it is taken to be a part.</def-root>
<def-root>The Explanation denotes a proposition from which the main clause (headed by the target) logically follows. This often means that the Explanation causes the target's proposition, but not in all cases. </def-root>
<def-root>Circumstances describe the state of the world (at a particular time and place) which is specifically independent of the event itself and any of its participants. </def-root>
<def-root>The reason why the <fen>Agent</fen> empties the <fen>Source</fen> of the <fen>Theme</fen>. </def-root>
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COD: free of any obstructions or unwanted objects
COD: cause the water or other liquid in (something) to run out, leaving it empty or dry.
FN: make a location or container empty, remove the contents of a container
FN: to free from impurities, cleanse, rid of unwanted things
FN: remove of accessories or fittings
COD: deprive or dispossess someone or something of
COD: make someone or something free of (an unwanted thing)
COD: cut open and remove the internal organs of
COD: remove the skin from
COD: remove the core from (a fruit)
COD: remove the outer covering or skin from (a fruit, vegetable, etc.)
COD: remove or destroy the internal parts of
COD: remove the bones from (meat or fish) before cooking
FN: remove a bug from; generally used metaphorically concerning incorrect computer code or concealed listening devices.
COD: clear of forest or trees
FN: remove grease from
COD: remove deposits of scale from
COD: take the scalp of (an enemy)
COD: make or become free of accumulated ice
FN: clear of lice
COD: disembowel.
COD: strip of covering or possessions; make bare
COD: remove a load from.
FN: the act of emptying
FN: to rid (a text of account) of matter regarded as obscene or unsuitable
COD: empty or evacuate (a container or space)
FN: empty a container (particularly, a building of people, to ensure safety)
FN: remove the bones from.
FN: remove the dark dorsal vein (of shrimp)
FN: take a weapon or weapons away from.
FN: the act of causing an individual (organization, nation, etc.) to disarm themselves.
COD: remove dangerous substances from.
FN: the act of removing harmful, often toxic, substances from something.
FN: empty of something, as if to clean.
FN: remove the pit, typically from some kind of fruit
FN: remove the seed of something, typically a fruit
FN: remove the stone of something, typically a stone-fruit
FN: remove the stalk of something, typically a vegetable
FN: clear of dirt, debris, etc., by running through with a fluid.
FN: completely clear of all traces of something.
FN: remove weeds (or, metaphorically, undesired elements) from.
FN: empty of something