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:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
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