Frameset - afford-v

Predicate: afford

Frames file for 'afford' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus.

Roleset id: afford.01 , be able to spare, have the financial means, vncls: -

Roles:

Arg0: haver of financial means, agent
Arg1: costly thing, theme

Example: transitive with adverbials

        person: ns, tense: present, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full

        These days Nissan can afford that strategy, even though profits
        aren't exactly robust.

        ArgM-TMP : These days
        Arg0 : Nissan
        ArgM-MOD : can
        Rel : afford
        Arg1 : that strategy
        ArgM-ADV : even though profits aren't exactly robust

Roleset id: afford.02 , provide, make available, vncls: -

Roles:

        Arg0: provider, agent
        Arg1: provided, theme
        Arg2: recipient

Example: passive

        person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: passive, form: participle

        Last year [the public]-1 was afforded [*-1] a preview of
        Ms. Bartlett's creation in a tablemodel version, at a BPC
        exhibition.

        ArgM-TMP : Last year
        Rel : afforded
        Arg2 : [*-1]
        Arg1 : a preview of Ms. Bartlett 's creation
        ArgM-MNR : in a tablemodel version
        ArgM-LOC : at a BPC exhibition