Predicate: purchase
Roleset id: purchase.01 , buy, vncls: 13.5.2-1, framnet: Commerce_buy
purchase.01: Based on large corpus. Member of Vncls obtain-13.5.2-1. comparison with buy. Checked by Julia, 10/2010.
Roles:
Arg0: purchaser (vnrole: 13.5.2-1-agent)
Arg1: thing purchased (vnrole: 13.5.2-1-theme)
Arg2: seller (vnrole: 13.5.2-1-source)
Arg3: price paid (vnrole: 13.5.2-1-asset)
Arg4: benefactive
Example: Basic transitive
most of these examples are bogus, made by taking 'buy' examples and substituting 'purchase' for 'buy'.
They purchased $2.4 billion in Fannie Mae bonds
Arg0: They
Rel: purchased
Arg1: $2.4 billion in Fannie Mae bonds
Example: With price (often subtle):
...most-1 purchased *trace*-1 at nominal prices...
Rel: purchased
Arg1: *trace*-1
Arg3: at nominal prices
Example: With seller:
The company purchased a wheel-loader from Dresser.
Arg0: The company
Rel: purchased
Arg1: a wheel-loader
Arg2: from Dresser
Example: With benefactive:
John purchased a dozen roses for his mother
Arg0: John
Rel: purchased
Arg1: a dozen roses
Arg4: for his mother
Example: With purpose clause:
The company purchased sugar on the world market to meet export commitments
Arg0: The company
Rel: purchased
Arg1: sugar
Argm-loc: on the world market
Argm-prp: to meet export commitments