Predicate: spend

spend: Frames file for 'spend' based on survey of initial sentences of big corpus and comparison with 'buy' and 'sell' and other verbs-of-commerce.

Roleset id: spend.01 , use money, vncls: 68, framnet:

spend.01: Args 2 and 4 might not occur Please be VERY careful about the placement of Arg3--your intuitions --will tell you it should be Arg1, but in order to make mappings --between spend and buy/sell, the money needs to be in Arg3. VN class pay-68.

Roles:

        Arg0: spender, buyer (vnrole: 68-agent)
        Arg1: thing bought, commodity (vnrole: 68-theme)
        Arg2: seller
        Arg3: price paid, money (vnrole: 68-asset)
        Arg4: benefactive

Example: demonstrating commodity and price

        The NIH currently spends about $8 million annually on fetal-tissue
        research.

        Arg0: The NIH
        Argm-tmp: currently
        Rel: spends
        Arg3: about $8 million
        Argm-tmp: annually
        Arg1: on fetal-tissue research.

Example: complex spending

        They spent $325,000 in 1989 and $340,000 in 1990.

        Arg0: They
        Rel: spent
        Arg3: $325,000
        Argm-tmp: in 1989
        Arg0: They
        Rel: spent
        Arg3: $340,000
        Argm-tmp: in 1990

Roleset id: spend.02 , bide time, vncls: 66-1, framnet:

spend.02: VN class consume-66-1

Roles:

        Arg0: bider, waiter (vnrole: 66-1-agent)
        Arg1: unit of time (vnrole: 66-1-theme)
        Arg2: activity (vnrole: 66-1-recipient)

Example: spend time

        He spends his days *trace-1* sketching passers-by or *trace-2*
        trying to.

        Arg0: He
        Rel: spends
        Arg1: his days
        Arg2: *trace-1* sketching passers-by or *trace-2* trying to.

Example: simpler example

        Mr. Bernstein has spent much of his time in recent years on human
        rights issues.

        Arg0: Mr. Bernstein
        Rel: spent
        Arg1: much of his time
        Argm-tmp: in recent years
        Arg2: on human rights issues.