Predicate: span

Roleset id: span.01 , to extend across in space or time, vncls: 47.8, framnet: -

span.01: Based on survey of sentences in the WSJ. Member of VNcls contiguous_location-47.8.

Roles:

        Arg0: thing extending (vnrole: 47.8-theme1)
        Arg1: entity spanned (vnrole: 47.8-theme2)

Example: transitive

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

        This is that the Reagan Revolution spanning Eastern Europe and Tiananmen Square shows the power of ideas unencumbered by international civil servants or government functionaries .

        Arg0: the Reagan Revolution
        Rel: spanning
        Arg1: Eastern Europe and Tiananmen Square