Predicate: spin

spin: Frames file for 'spin' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. Verbnet classes build-26.1 coil-9.6 performance-26.7-2 roll-51.3.1; other framed members include: reshape, roll, shape; direct, perform; charge, float, leap, roll, sneak, walk, wind. Comparison to 'roll'.

Roleset id: spin.01 , move in circular fashion, vncls: 9.6 51.3.1 47.2 40.8.2, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: causative agent (vnrole: 9.6-agent, 51.3.1-agent, 40.8.2-cause)
        Arg1: thing spinning (vnrole: 9.6-theme, 51.3.1-theme, 47.2-theme, 40.8.2-patient)

Example: poor John

        After drinking two glasses of wine, John's head was spinning.

        Argm-tmp: After drinking two glasses of wine
        Arg1: John's head
        Rel: spinning

Roleset id: spin.03 , tell tales, vncls: 26.7-2-1, framnet:

spin.03: Corresponds to VN class performance-26.7-2-1.

Roles:

        Arg0: storyteller (vnrole: 26.7-2-1-agent)
        Arg1: story (vnrole: 26.7-2-1-theme)

Example: always spin a tale or a yarn

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

        In ``The Cuckoo's Egg'' (Doubleday, 326 pages, $19.95), he spins a
        remarkable tale of his efforts over 18 months to catch a computer
        spy.

        Argm-loc: In ``The Cuckoo's Egg'' (Doubleday, 326 pages, $19.95)
        Arg0: he
        Rel: spins
        Arg1: a remarkable tale of his efforts over 18 months to catch a computer spy

Roleset id: spin.04 , create through spinning, vncls: 26.1, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: creator (vnrole: 26.1-agent)
        Arg1: creation (vnrole: 26.1-product)
        Arg2: raw material (vnrole: 26.1-material)

Example: more tale telling

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

        Mr. Parker spins it into a pretty satisfying tale involving
        Poodle Springs high life, Hollywood low life and various folk who
        hang their hats in both worlds.

        Arg0: Mr. Parker
        Rel: spins
        Arg2: it
        Arg1: into a pretty satisfying tale involving Poodle Springs high life, Hollywood low life and various folk who hang their hats in both worlds


Predicate: spin_off

Roleset id: spin.02 , spin off: create a new entity based on an existing entity, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: creator
        Arg1: thing created
        Arg2: source
        Arg3: benefactive
        Arg4: attribute, secondary predication

Example: just transitive

        [Its plan]-1, instead, is *trace*-1 to spin off the remainder of its
        real estate unit and to possibly do the same with its mining and
        energy assets.

        Arg0: *trace*
        Rel: [ spin] [ off]
        Arg1: the remainder of its real estate unit

Example: with benefactive

        [Courtaulds PLC]-1 announced plans *trace*-1 to spin off its textiles
        operations to existing shareholders in a restructuring to boost
        shareholder value.

        Arg0: *trace*
        Rel: [ spin] [ off]
        Arg1: its textiles operations
        Arg3: to existing shareholders
        Argm-loc: in a restructuring
        Argm-pnc: to boost shareholder value

Example: passive, with attribute

        The previous-year quarter included $16.1 million from businesses-1
        spun *trace*-1 off as Tredegar Industries Inc.

        Rel: [ spun] [ off]
        Arg1: *trace*
        Arg4: as Tredegar Industries Inc

Example: with source

        John-1 tried *trace*-1 to spin off several new papers from his shoddy
        research.

        Arg0: *trace*
        Rel: spin off
        Arg1: several new papers
        Arg2: from his shoddy research.