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:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
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