Predicate: fritter_away
Roleset id: fritter_away.01 , to spend frivolously, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
fritter_away.01: FRITTER_AWAY-V NOTES: Frames file for 'fritter' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus. (from fritter.01-v predicate notes)
Aliases:
| Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
|---|
| fritter_away (v.) | | |
Roles:
Arg0-PAG: spender, agent
Arg1-PPT: money, resources, entity frittered
Example: transitive
person: third, tense: present, aspect: perfect, voice: active, form: participle
Over the last few weeks , he has frittered away roughly half of what [*T*-1] was once a 33-point lead in the polls over Mr. Giuliani .
ArgM-TMP: Over the last few weeks
Arg0: he
Rel: [ frittered] [ away]
Arg1: roughly half of what [*T*-1] was once a 33-point lead in the polls over Mr. Giuliani