Frameset - import-v

Predicate: import

Frames file for 'import' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. No Verbnet entry, no Framenet entry. Comparison with 'get' and 'export'.

Roleset id: import.01 , get a commodity in trade, vncls: -

Roles:

        Arg0: importer
        Arg1: commodity
        Arg2: exporter

Example: just transitive

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

        Kofcoh is a New York holding company for Rosalco Inc., which
        *trace* imports furniture and other items.

        Arg0 : *trace*
        ArgM-RCL : which -> Rosalco Inc.
        Rel : imports
        Arg1 : furniture and other items

Example: with exporter

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

        John imports a million dollars worth of cheap liquor from Mexico
        each year.


        Arg0 : John
        Rel : imports
        Arg1 : a million dollars worth of cheap liquor
        Arg2 : from Mexico
        Argm-TMP : each year