Predicate: overpay
overpay: Frames file for 'overpay' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ
corpus. Comparison with 'pay'.
Roleset id: overpay.01 , to pay too much , vncls: , framnet:
Roles:
Arg0: payer
Arg1: thing paid for
Arg2: person being paid
Example: transitive
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
But from his vantage point , it is n't that Mr. Paul , a customer of his too , overpaid for the work , `` a gargantuan painting by an artist who [*T*-1] is not a household word . ''
Arg0: Mr. Paul , a customer of his too ,
Rel: overpaid
Arg1: for the work , `` a gargantuan painting by an artist who [*T*-1] is not a household word
Example: with Arg2
person: ns, tense: present, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
To the extent [0] we lack manpower [0] [*T*-3] to staff menial jobs in hospitals [*T*-2] , for example , we should raise pay , pursue labor-saving technology , or allow more legal immigration , rather than overpay high school graduates as short-term workers and cause resentment among permanent workers paid [*] lesser amounts [*-1] to do the same jobs .
Arg0: we
Rel: overpay
Arg2: high school graduates
ArgM-PRD: as short-term workers