Frameset

Frames file for "sell" based on frames for 'buy' and first handful of sentences in large corpus

Predicate sell:

Roleset sell.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "commerce: seller":

Roles:

Arg0:Seller

Arg1:Thing Sold

Arg2:Buyer

Arg3:Price Paid

Arg4:Benefactive

Examples:

intransitive (-)
`They have (trace=they) to sell when things look like they're falling.`
Arg0:	trace=they
REL:	sell
ArgM-TMP:	when things look like they're falling

Ergative (-)
A painting by August Strindberg sold at auction in Stockholm.

Arg1: A painting by August Strindberg

REL: sold

ArgM-LOC: at auction

ArgM-LOC: in Stockholm

Ergative (-)
`A painting by August Strindberg sold at auction in Stockholm.`
Arg1:	A painting by August Strindberg
REL:	sold
ArgM-LOC:	at auction
ArgM-LOC:	in Stockholm

basic transitive (-)
Dead-eyed men selling four-year-old copies of Cosmopolitan

Arg0: Dead-eyed men

REL: selling

Arg1: four-year-old copies of Cosmopolitan

basic transitive (-)
`Dead-eyed men selling four-year-old copies of Cosmopolitan`
Arg0:	Dead-eyed men
REL:	selling
Arg1:	four-year-old copies of Cosmopolitan

strange sellers (-)
A more recent novel has sold more than 4 million copies.

Arg0: A more recent novel

REL: sold

Arg1: more than 4 million copies

strange sellers (-)
`A more recent novel has sold more than 4 million copies.`
Arg0:	A more recent novel
REL:	sold
Arg1:	more than 4 million copies

ergative with price (-)
Individual copies sell for $3.95

Arg1: Individual copies

REL: sell

Arg3-for: for $3.95

ergative with price (-)
`Individual copies sell for $3.95`
Arg1:	Individual copies
REL:	sell
Arg3-for:	for $3.95

agentive with price (-)
Al Brownstein sold it for $60 a bottle.

Arg0: Al Brownstein

REL: sold

Arg1: it

Arg3-for: for $60 a bottle

agentive with price (-)
`Al Brownstein sold it for $60 a bottle.`
Arg0:	Al Brownstein
REL:	sold
Arg1:	it
Arg3-for:	for $60 a bottle

semi-idiomatic (-)
Day traders sell the company' stock short.

Arg0: Day traders

REL: sell

Arg1: the company's stock

Arg3: short

semi-idiomatic (-)
`Day traders sell the company' stock short.`
Arg0:	Day traders
REL:	sell
Arg1:	the company's stock
Arg3:	short

(Selling short means selling stock you don't actually own, hoping that when it comes time to deliver the stock price has gone down so that you can buy the stock for less than you sold it for.)
with buyer (-)
It will sell the ad time to its clients at a discount

Arg0: It

REL: sell

Arg1: the ad time

Arg2-to: to its clients

Arg3-at: at a discount

with buyer (-)
`It will sell the ad time to its clients at a discount`
Arg0:	It
REL:	sell
Arg1:	the ad time
Arg2-to:	to its clients
Arg3-at:	at a discount

with benefactive (-)
John sold his mother's house for her.

Arg0: John

REL: sold

Arg1: his mother's house

Arg4-for: for her

with benefactive (-)
`John sold his mother's house for her.`
Arg0:	John
REL:	sold
Arg1:	his mother's house
Arg4-for:	for her

Predicate sell_out:

Roleset sell.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "give up":

Roles:

Arg0:entity selling out

Examples:

intransitive (-)
`John sold out.`
Arg0:	John
REL:	sold out

Roleset sell.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "sell until none is/are left":

Roles:

Arg0:Seller

Arg1:Thing Sold

Arg2:Buyer

Arg3:Price Paid

Arg4:Benefactive

Examples:

ergative (-)
`The new Harry Potter book sold out within 20 minutes.`
Arg1:	The new Harry Potter book
REL:	sold out
ArgM-TMP:	within 20 minutes

arg1 as PP (-)
Amazon.com sold out of the new Harry Potter book within 20 minutes.

Arg0: Amazon.com

REL: sold out

Arg1-of: of the new Harry Potter book

ArgM-TMP: within 20 minutes

arg1 as PP (-)
`Amazon.com sold out of the new Harry Potter book within 20 minutes.`
Arg0:	Amazon.com
REL:	sold out
Arg1-of:	of the new Harry Potter book
ArgM-TMP:	within 20 minutes