Predicate: spot

spot: Frames file for 'spot' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. Verbnet entry fill-9.8 which is very much a secondary sense. Comparison with 'find'.

Roleset id: spot.01 , discovery, vncls: 30.2, framnet:

spot.01: Will other roles appear? Hard to say. Check 'find' for more examples.

Roles:

        Arg0: finder (vnrole: 30.2-Experiencer)
        Arg1: thing found (vnrole: 30.2-Stimulus)
        Arg2: benefactive, found for
        Arg3: attribute

Example: transitive

        Messrs. Jacobson and Bates walked on the Big Board floor at about
        8:45 a.m. yesterday and immediately spotted trouble.

        Arg0: Messrs. Jacobson and Bates
        ArgM-TMP: immediately
        Rel: spotted
        Arg1: trouble

Roleset id: spot.02 , dab, create a spot on something, vncls: 9.8, framnet:

spot.02: Probably better in passive: the tablecloth was spotted with red wine.

Roles:

        Arg0: painter (vnrole: 9.8-Agent)
        Arg1: canvas (vnrole: 9.8-Destination)
        Arg2: paint (vnrole: 9.8-Theme)

Example: painter

        John spotted his car with purple daisies.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: spotted
        Arg1: his car
        Arg2: with purple daisies