Predicate: spinning
Roleset id: spinning.01 , Moving in a circular fashion, vncls: , framnet:
Roles:
Arg0: Causative agent
Arg1: Thing spinning
Example: Arg1
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: ns
John's head's spinning was a result of too much tequila.
Arg1: John's head's
Rel: spinning
Roleset id: spinning.03 , Telling tales, vncls: , framnet:
Roles:
Arg0: Storyteller
Arg1: Story
Example: Arg0,1
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: ns
His spinning elaborate tales of his days overseas did not impress his date.
Arg0: His
Rel: spinning
Arg1: elaborate tales of his days overseas
Roleset id: spinning.04 , Creating through spinning, vncls: , framnet:
Roles:
Arg0: Creator
Arg1: Creation
Arg2: Raw material
Example: Metaphorical (story-telling again)
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: ns
His spinning the truth of his crimes into a tale of a well-meaning Robin Hood-like character did not fly with the jury.
Arg0: His
Rel: spinning
Arg2: the truth of his crimes
Arg1: into a tale of a well-meaning Robin Hood-like character
Predicate: spinning_off
Roleset id: spinning.02 , Creating a new entity based on an existing one, vncls: , framnet:
Roles:
Arg0: Creator
Arg1: Thing created
Arg2: Source
Arg3: Benefactive
Arg4: Attribute, secondary predication
Example: Arg0,1,4
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: ns
Then Sprint announced their spinning off at least a portion of their WiMAX infrastructure into a new company called Clearwire.
Arg0: their
Rel: spinning off
Arg1: at least a portion of their WiMAX infrastructure
Arg4: into a new company called Clearwire