Frameset

Predicate spend:

Frames file for 'spend' based on survey of initial sentences of big corpus and comparison with 'buy' and 'sell' and other verbs-of-commerce.

Roleset spend.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "use money":

Roles:

Arg0:spender, buyer

Arg1:thing bought, commodity

Arg2:seller

Arg3:price paid, money

Arg4:benefactive

Examples:

Args 2 and 4 might not occur

demonstrating commodity and price (-)
`The NIH currently spends about $8 million annually on fetal-tissue research.`
Arg0:	The NIH
Argm-TMP:	currently
REL:	spends
Arg3:	about $8 million
Argm-TMP:	annually
Arg1-on:	fetal-tissue research.

complex spending (-)
They spent $325,000 in 1989 and $340,000 in 1990.

Arg0: They

REL: spent

Arg3: $325,000

Argm-TMP: in 1989

Arg0: They

REL: spent

Arg3: $340,000

Argm-TMP: in 1990

complex spending (-)
`They spent $325,000 in 1989 and $340,000 in 1990.`
Arg0:	They
REL:	spent
Arg3:	$325,000
Argm-TMP:	in 1989
Arg0:	They
REL:	spent
Arg3:	$340,000
Argm-TMP:	in 1990

Please be VERY careful about the placement of Arg3--your intuitions --will tell you it should be Arg1, but in order to make mappings --between spend and buy/sell, the money needs to be in Arg3.

Roleset spend.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "bide time":

Roles:

Arg0:bider, waiter

Arg1:unit of time

Arg2:activity

Examples:

spend time (-)
`He spends his days trace-1 sketching passers-by or trace-2 trying to.`
Arg0:	He
REL:	spends
Arg1:	his days
Arg2:	trace-1 sketching passers-by or trace-2 trying to.

simpler example (-)
Mr. Bernstein has spent much of his time in recent years on human rights issues.

Arg0: Mr. Bernstein

REL: spent

Arg1: much of his time

Argm-TMP: in recent years

Arg2-on: human rights issues.

simpler example (-)
`Mr. Bernstein has spent much of his time in recent years on human rights issues.`
Arg0:	Mr. Bernstein
REL:	spent
Arg1:	much of his time
Argm-TMP:	in recent years
Arg2-on:	human rights issues.