Predicate: consume

consume: Frames file for 'consume' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. Verbnet entries devour-39.4-1 & consume-66, no other framed members mentioned. Framenet entry Ingestion, framed members include eat. Comparison with eat.

Roleset id: consume.01 , eat, use up, vncls: 39.4-1 66, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: consumer (vnrole: 39.4-1-agent, 66-agent)
        Arg1: consumed (vnrole: 39.4-1-patient, 66-theme)

Example: active

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: infinitive

        [The Miami fast-food chain, owned by Grand Metropolitan of Britain,]-1
        expects *trace*-1 to consume roughly 34 million pounds of liquefied
        eggs annually.

        Arg0: *trace*
        Rel: consume
        Arg1: roughly 34 million pounds of liquefied eggs
        Argm-tmp: annually

Example: passive, odd agent

        person: ns,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: passive,  form: participle

        While the vast bulk of it was indeed spent by reputable
        organizations on the good works it was raised for, it's equally
        true that [a sizable hunk]-1 was consumed *trace*-1 in ``expenses''
        claimed by other operators, including fraudulent expenses.

        Rel: consumed
        Arg1: *trace*
        Arg0: by `` expenses '' claimed by other operators , including fraudulent expenses