Predicate: expend
Roleset id: expend.01 , to spend, consume, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
expend.01: EXPEND-V NOTES: Frames file for 'expend' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus. No VN class. FN class Expend_resource. frames created by Olga. Updated 2/13 by Katie. (from expend.01-v)
Aliases:
| Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
|---|
| expend (v.) | Expend_resource | |
| expenditure (n.) | Expend_resource | |
Roles:
Arg0-PAG: spender, agent
Arg1-PPT: entity expended
Arg2-LOC: entity expended on
Example: passive
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: passive, form: participle
Mr. Good , who [*T*-1] documents these things as best he can [*?*], provides an official explanation in the form of a memorandum from Chief of Staff George C. Marshall to President Roosevelt : `` [1,430 pounds of ammunition]-3 , '' he wrote his commander in chief [0] [*T*-2] , were expended [*-3] on `` unidentified aircraft , '' flying at speeds as slow as 200 mph and elevations between 9,000 and 18,000 feet .
Rel: expended
Arg1: [*-3]
Arg2: on `` unidentified aircraft , '' flying at speeds as slow as 200 mph and elevations between 9,000 and 18,000 feet
Example: expenditure-n
What is the purpose of transportation-related expenditures?
Arg2: transportation-related
Rel: expenditures