Predicate: shell

shell: Frames file for 'shell' based on sentences in wsj.

Roleset id: shell.01 , remove shells from, vncls: 10.7, framnet: -

shell.01: Member of Vncls pit-10.7. Checked by Julia, 11/2010.

Roles:

        Arg0: sheller (vnrole: 10.7-agent)
        Arg1: thing that used to have a shell (vnrole: 10.7-source)

Example: and it didn't even appear

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

        John shelled peanuts in Mary's bed.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: shelled
        Arg1: peanuts
        Argm-loc: in Mary's bed

Roleset id: shell.02 , bomb, vncls: 17.2, framnet: -

shell.02: Member of Vncls pelt-17.2. Updated by Julia, 11/2010.

Roles:

        Arg0: sheller (vnrole: 17.2-agent)
        Arg1: target (vnrole: 17.2-destination)
        Arg2: explicit mention of bombs, shells (vnrole: 17.2-theme)

Example: boom

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

        The rebels also reportedly tightened a blockade on roads leading
        to the capital, and government forces shelled a guerrilla-held
        area in western Afghanistan.

        Arg0: government forces
        Rel: shelled
        Arg1: a guerrilla-held area in western Afghanistan

Example: all args

        person: third,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: participle

        An enemy in a Shiite neighborhood on the east side of the TigrisRiver shelled them with mortars

        Arg0: An enemy in a Shiite neighborhood on the east side of the TigrisRiver
        Rel: shelled
        Arg1: them
        Arg2: with mortars


Predicate: shell_out

Roleset id: shell.03 , pay, vncls: 13.2, framnet: -

shell.03: Member of Vncls contribute-13.2. Updated by Julia, 11/2010.

Roles:

        Args 1 and 3 reversed from 'pay'.
        Arg0: payer or buyer (vnrole: 13.2-agent)
        Arg1: money (vnrole: 13.2-theme)
        Arg2: seller or person being paid (vnrole: 13.2-recipient)
        Arg3: thing bought or paid for

Example: with recipient

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

        Johnstown attorney Richard J. Green Jr. shelled out $500 in loans
        to the judge over five years, he said in testimony to the grand
        jury.

        Arg0: Johnstown attorney Richard J. Green Jr.
        Rel: [ shelled] [ out]
        Arg1: $500 in loans
        Arg2: to the judge
        Argm-tmp: over five years

Example: with commodity

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

        And he isn't the only big spender: NBC will pay a record $401
        million for the 1992 Summer Games, and ESPN, 80%-owned by Capital
        Cities/ABC, will shell out $400 million for four years of
        baseball, airing 175 regular-season games a year.

        Arg0: ESPN, 80%-owned by Capital Cities/ABC,
        Argm-mod: will
        Rel: [ shell] [ out]
        Arg1: $400 million
        Arg3: for four years of baseball
        Argm-adv: airing 175 regular-season games a year