Predicate: sell
Roleset id: sell.01 , commerce: seller, vncls: 13.1-1, framnet: Commerce_sell
sell.01: Member of VNcls give-13.1-1.
Roles:
Arg0: Seller (vnrole: 13.1-1-agent)
Arg1: Thing Sold (vnrole: 13.1-1-theme)
Arg2: Buyer (vnrole: 13.1-1-recipient)
Arg3: Price Paid
Arg4: Benefactive
Example: intransitive
They-1 have *trace*-1 to sell when things look like they're falling.
Arg0: *trace*-1
Rel: sell
Argm-tmp: when things look like they're falling
Example: Ergative
A painting by August Strindberg sold at auction in Stockholm.
Arg1: A painting by August Strindberg
Rel: sold
Argm-loc: at auction
Argm-loc: in Stockholm
Example: basic transitive
Dead-eyed men selling four-year-old copies of Cosmopolitan
Arg0: Dead-eyed men
Rel: selling
Arg1: four-year-old copies of Cosmopolitan
Example: strange sellers
A more recent novel has sold more than 4 million copies.
Arg0: A more recent novel
Rel: sold
Arg1: more than 4 million copies
Example: ergative with price
Individual copies sell for $3.95
Arg1: Individual copies
Rel: sell
Arg3: for $3.95
Example: agentive with price
Al Brownstein sold it for $60 a bottle.
Arg0: Al Brownstein
Rel: sold
Arg1: it
Arg3: for $60 a bottle
Example: semi-idiomatic
(Selling short means selling stock you don't actually own, hoping that
when it comes time to deliver the stock price has gone down so that
you can buy the stock for less than you sold it for.)
Day traders sell the company' stock short.
Arg0: Day traders
Rel: sell
Arg1: the company's stock
Arg3: short
Example: with buyer
It will sell the ad time to its clients at a discount
Arg0: It
Rel: sell
Arg1: the ad time
Arg2: to its clients
Arg3: at a discount
Example: with benefactive
John sold his mother's house for her.
Arg0: John
Rel: sold
Arg1: his mother's house
Arg4: for her
Predicate: sell_out
Roleset id: sell.02 , give in to the man, vncls: , framnet:
Roles:
Arg0: entity selling out
Arg1: entity sold out
Example: intransitive
John sold out.
Arg0: John
Rel: [sold] [out]
Example: left
The Coalition of the Left and Progress had sold out its leftist tenets by
collaborating in a right-wing plot aimed at ousting PASOK and thwarting
the course of socialism in Greece.
Arg0: the coalition of the Left and Progress
Rel: [sold][out]
Arg1: it leftist tenets
Argm-mnr: by collaborating with...
Roleset id: sell.03 , sell until none is/are left, vncls: , framnet:
Roles:
Arg0: Seller
Arg1: Thing Sold
Arg2: Buyer
Arg3: Price Paid
Arg4: Benefactive
Example: ergative
The new Harry Potter book sold out within 20 minutes.
Arg1: The new Harry Potter book
Rel: [sold] [out]
Argm-tmp: within 20 minutes
Example: arg1 as PP
Amazon.com sold out of the new Harry Potter book within 20 minutes.
Arg0: Amazon.com
Rel: [sold] [out]
Arg1: of the new Harry Potter book
Argm-tmp: within 20 minutes
Predicate: sell_off
Roleset id: sell.04 , sell, vncls: , framnet:
Roles:
Arg0: Seller
Arg1: Thing Sold
Arg2: Buyer
Arg3: Price Paid
Arg4: Benefactive
Example: turn a profit
He sold off the US$ 200 *U* check that *T* had been provided * for his
airfare, bought a ticket for travel between Keelung and Kobe by ship,
and handed the balance to his father.
Arg0: *trace*
Rel: [ sold] [ off]
Arg1: the US$ 200 *U* check that *T* had been provided * for his airfare.
Example: movin' to the city
They sold off thier land in the country, left their old homes, and
moved to the city.
Arg0: They
Rel: [sold] [off]
Arg1: their land
Argm-loc: in the country