Roleset misspend.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "spend inappropriately, waste":

Roles:

Arg0:misspender


Arg1:thing wasted


Arg2:instrument

Examples:

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


only in passive? (-)
The state has sued these charities in state court, complaining that much of the money was grossly misspent *trace*; 82%, says Mr. Ormstedt, went to fund raisers and most of the rest to the people who ran the charities and to their relatives -- for fur coats, trips to Florida, Lucullan restaurant tabs.
ArgM-MNR:	grossly
REL:	misspent
Arg1:	*trace* -> much of the money

person: ns tense: past aspect: ns voice: active form: full


active? (-)
John misspent his youth learning classical languages.
Arg0:	John
REL:	misspent
Arg1:	his youth
Arg2:	learning classical languages

That doesn't sound entirely right to me.