Frames file for 'span' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ
corpus.
Roleset span.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "to extend across in space or time":
Roles:
Arg0:thing extending
Arg1:entity spanned
Examples:
transitive (-)
person: ns
tense: present
aspect: ns
voice: active
form: gerund
This is that the Reagan Revolution spanning Eastern Europe and Tiananmen Square shows the power of ideas unencumbered by international civil servants or government functionaries .