Predicate: spill

Roleset id: spill.01 , to cause or allow to flow, vncls: 9.5 43.4, framnet: Fluidic_motion , Reveal_secret

spill.01: Based on WSJ. Member of VNcls pour-9.5, substance_emission-43.4. This roleset conflates agent and source, which VN separates.

Roles:

        Arg0: entity splilling (vnrole: 43.4-agent, 9.5-agent, 43.4-source)
        Arg1: entity spilled (vnrole: 43.4-theme, 9.5-theme)
        Arg2: location/direction (vnrole: 43.4-location, 9.5-location)

Example: all arguments

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

        On July 2 , 1987 , the tanker S.S. Glacier Bay struck a rock and spilled almost 150,000 gallons of oil into the Cook Inlet .

        Argm-tmp: On July 2 , 1987
        Arg0: the tanker S.S. Glacier Bay
        Rel: spilled
        Arg1: almost 150,000 gallons of oil
        Arg2: into the Cook Inlet

Example: transitive with adverbials

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

        Arkansas Democrat David Pryor spilled his guts on the Senate floor the other day after he 'd joined the Finance Committee 's early-morning pork-barrel revels : `` I must tell you ...

        Arg0: Arkansas Democrat David Pryor
        Rel: spilled
        Arg1: his guts
        Argm-loc: on the Senate floor
        Argm-tmp: the other day
        Argm-tmp: after he 'd joined the Finance Committee 's early-morning pork-barrel revels

Example: One of the best sentences ever.

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

        The rich nuances that suffuse this roll call are seen in the timeless distinction between a schlemiel ` clumsy jerk ' and a schlimazel ` habitual loser ' : the schlemiel inevitably trips and spills his hot soup ? all over the schlimazel .

        Arg0: the sclemiel
        Argm-adv: inevitably
        Rel: spills
        Arg1: his hot soup
        Arg2: all over the sclimazel


Predicate: spill_over

Roleset id: spill.02 , to overflow, pour out, vncls: , framnet:

spill.02: No VNcls.

Roles:

        Arg1: entity spilled over
        Arg2: location/direction

Example: both arguments

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: infinitive

        [The same issue]-2 threatens [*-2] to spill over to the foreign aid debate , and Mr. Bush also is threatening [*-3] to veto any agreement that [*T*-1] preserves Senate-passed provisions renewing U.S. support for the United Nations Fund for Population Activities .

        Arg1: [*-2]
        Rel: [ spill] [ over]
        Arg2: to the foreign aid debate


Predicate: spill_out

Roleset id: spill.03 , to pour out, vncls: , framnet:

spill.03: No VNcls.

Roles:

        Arg1: entity spilled out
        Arg2: location/direction

Example: with direction

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

        Come daybreak , eight family members and two other workers unroll a sheet of raw rubber that-1 [*T*-1] covers the floor of the house and spills out onto the street .

        Arg1: [*T*-1] (= that)
        Argm-slc: that -> a sheet
        Rel: [ spills] [ out]
        Arg2: onto the street