Predicate: shop
shop: Frames file for 'shop' based on sentences in financial subcorpus.
Roleset id: shop.01 , look for something to buy, vncls: 35.2, framnet: Shopping
shop.01: Comparison with other verbs-of-trade. 'Tis the season! Member of Vncls search-35.2.
Roles:
Arg0: shopper (vnrole: 35.2-agent)
Arg1: thing sought (vnrole: 35.2-theme)
Arg4: benefactive
Example: intransitive
The number of people who said they-1 were more likely *trace*-1 to
shop at Sears...
Arg0: *trace*
Rel: shop
Argm-loc: at Sears
Example: all args
John, the hopeless romantic, was shopping for a new vacuum cleaner
for his girlfriend.
Arg0: John, the hopeless romantic,
Rel: shopping
Arg1: for a new vacuum cleaner
Arg4: for his girlfriend
Roleset id: shop.02 , try to sell, vncls: , framnet: -
shop.02: This usage is totally alien to me, but WSJ seems quite fond of it. I
don't know if args 3, 4 will appear.
Roles:
Arg0: Seller
Arg1: Thing Sold
Arg2: Buyer
Arg3: Price Paid
Arg4: Benefactive
Example: with commodity and buyer
Some think [Columbia's thrift, which now is seeking a new chief
operating officer,]-1 might be capitalized at, say $300 million, and
shopped *trace*-1 to a commercial bank that wants a California
presence.
Argm-mod: might
Rel: shopped
Arg1: *trace*
Arg2: to a commercial bank that wants a California presence