Roleset spurt.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "sudden motion of liquid-like substance":

Roles:

Arg1:liquid


Arg2:source

Examples:

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


you call that a slogan? (-)
``Talk hurts from where it spurts,'' one of them says.
Arg1:	it
REL:	spurts

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


that's gonna leave a stain (-)
Ketchup spurted from the bottle onto John's tuxedo.
Arg1:	Ketchup
REL:	spurted
Arg2-from:	the bottle
Argm-DIR:	onto John's tuxedo

Roleset spurt.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "move (upward) suddenly":

Roles:

Arg1:thing in motion


Arg2:EXT


Arg3:start point


Arg4:end point

Examples:

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


with EXT (-)
In the 12 months ended in September, wages and salaries of private-sector workers rose 4.4%, while health insurance costs spurted by 13.7%.
Arg1:	health insurance costs
REL:	spurted
Arg2-by:	13.7%

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


other argms (-)
Crude prices spurted upward in brisk trading on the assumption that heavy earthquake damage occurred to San Francisco area refinery complexes, but the rise quickly fizzled when it became apparent that oil operations weren't severely curtailed.
Arg1:	Crude prices
REL:	spurted
ArgM-DIR:	upward
ArgM-LOC:	in brisk trading
ArgM-CAU:	on the assumption that heavy earthquake damage occurred to San Francisco area refinery complexes