Predicate: spurn
Roleset id: spurn.01 , rebuff, reject, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
spurn.01: SPURN-V NOTES: Frames file for 'spurn' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. No verbnet entry. Comparison with 'rebuff'. Why don't I have 'reject' yet? (from spurn.01-v predicate notes)
Aliases:
Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
spurn (v.) | | |
Roles:
        Arg0-PAG: rejecter
        Arg1-PPT: thing rejected
Example: transitive
        ESB spurned Inco and within five days ESB had a ``white knight''...
        Arg0: ESB
        Rel: spurned
        Arg1: Inco