Predicate: dispatch

dispatch: Frames file for 'dispatch' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus. Comparison with 'send'.

Roleset id: dispatch.01 , to send, vncls: 11.1, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: sender, agent (vnrole: 11.1-Agent)
        Arg1: entity dispatched (vnrole: 11.1-Theme)
        Arg2: dispatched to (vnrole: 11.1-Destination)

Example: all arguments

        person: third,  tense: present,  aspect: perfect,  voice: active,  form: participle

        Digital also said it has dispatched teams of technicians to California.

        Arg0: it
        Rel: dispatched
        Arg1: teams of technicians
        Arg2: to California

Example: transitive with adverbials

        person: ns,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full

        The company dispatched [*T*-2] as many as 200 people in the San
        Francisco area [0] [*T*-3] to do the work, though most of the
        rerouting was done by computer.

        Arg0: The company
        Rel: dispatched
        Arg1: [*T*-2] as many as 200 people
        ArgM-PNC: [0] [*T*-3] to do the work
        ArgM-ADV: though most of the rerouting was done by computer

Example: transitive

        person: ns,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full

        The space shuttle Atlantis landed at a desert air strip at
        Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., ending a five-day mission that
        [*T*-1] dispatched the Jupiter-bound Galileo space probe.

        Arg0: [*T*-1]
        ArgM-RCL: that -> a five-day mission
        Rel: dispatched
        Arg1: the Jupiter-bound Galileo space probe