Frameset - fritter-v

Predicate: fritter_away

fritter_away: Frames file for 'fritter' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus.

Roleset id: fritter.01 , to spend frivolously, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

Arg0: spender, agent
Arg1: money, resources, entity frittered

Example: transitive

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

        Over the last few weeks , he has frittered away roughly half of what [*T*-1] was once a 33-point lead in the polls over Mr. Giuliani .

        ArgM-TMP: Over the last few weeks
        Arg0: he
        Rel: [ frittered] [ away]
        Arg1: roughly half of what [*T*-1] was once a 33-point lead in the polls over Mr. Giuliani