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:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
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