Predicate: bid

bid: Frames file for 'bid' based on first handful of sentences from big corpus

Roleset id: bid.01 , auction, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: bidder
        Arg1: the target, goods
        Arg2: how much you're bidding, buying price

Example: just bidder and goods

        Ford will bid for 100% of Jaguar's shares

        Arg0: Ford
        Rel: bid
        Arg1: for 100% of Jaguar's shares

Example: with price

        Mr. Pilson bid $243 million for rights to the 1992 Winter Games.

        Arg0: Mr. Pilson
        Rel: bid
        Arg2: $243 million
        Arg1: for rights to the 1992 Winter Games.

Example: With Purpose clause

        Paribas will bid to boost its stake in Navigation Mixte

        Arg0: Paribas
        Rel: will bid
        Argm-pnc: to boost its stake in Navigation Mixte

Example: goods as infinitive

        Garth Drabinsky will bid $780.6 million to acquire the company.

        Arg0: Garth Drabinsky
        Argm-mod: will
        Rel: bid
        Arg2: $780.6 million
        Arg1: to acquire the company

Roleset id: bid.02 , some weird causative usage, not unlike "call", vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: bidder
        Arg1: the target
        Arg2: benefactive
        Arg3: secondary predication on Arg1

Example: secondary predication

        Market participants bid the US unit lower.

        Arg0: Market participants
        Rel: bid
        Arg1: the US unit
        Arg3: lower

Example: same, reversed order

        Investors bid up the oil market.

        Arg0: Investors
        Rel: bid
        Arg3: up
        Arg1: the oil market

Roleset id: bid.03 , say, wish, convey, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: speaker
        Arg1: utterance
        Arg2: listener

Example: farewell

        Southern China will bid farewell to the snow tonight.

        Arg0: Southern China
        Argm-mod: will
        Rel: bid
        Arg1: farewell
        Arg2: to the snow
        Argm-tmp: tonight