Predicate: tax
tax: Frames file for 'tax' based on sentences in wsj and automatic
expansion via verbnet.
Roleset id: tax.01 , government charging money, vncls: 54.5, framnet:
tax.01: Member of Vncls bill-54.5.
Roles:
Arg1 doesn't seem to occur. The arguments and their numbering are
suggested by comparison with 'bill' and 'charge'.
Arg0: taxer (vnrole: 54.5-agent)
Arg1: amount of tax (vnrole: 54.5-asset)
Arg2: taxpayer (vnrole: 54.5-recipient)
Arg3: commodity (vnrole: 54.5-cause)
Example: just commodity
person: ns, tense: present, aspect: ns, voice: passive, form: participle
The securities-turnover tax has been long criticized by the West
German financial community because it tends to drive securities
trading and other banking activities out of Frankfurt into rival
financial centers, especially London, where-2 [trading transactions]-1
isn't taxed *trace*-1 *trace*-2.
Argm-neg: n't
Rel: taxed
Arg3: *trace*-1 (= trading transaction)
Argm-loc: *trace*-2 (= where)
Argm-slc: where -> especially London
Example: just taxpayer
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
Congress still is struggling to dismantle the unpopular
Catastrophic Care Act of 1988, which-1 *trace*-1 boosted benefits for
the elderly and *trace* taxed them to pay for the new coverage.
Arg0: *trace*-1 (= which)
Argm-slc: which -> the unpopular Catastrophic Care Act
Rel: taxed
Arg2: them
Argm-prp: to pay for the new coverage
Example: taxpayer and commodity
person: ns, tense: present, aspect: ns, voice: passive, form: participle
Well, notes IRS private ruling 8934014, ``a fundamental
principle'' is that [income]-1 must be taxed *trace*-1 to whoever earns
it.
Argm-mod: must
Rel: taxed
Arg3: *trace*-1 (= income)
Arg2: to whoever earns it
Example: same args, inverted syntax
person: ns, tense: present, aspect: ns, voice: passive, form: participle
Currently, even though the issuer doesn't pay tax, [the debt holder]-1
is taxed *trace*-1 on the accrued interest.
Argm-tmp: Currently
Argm: even though the issuer doesn't pay tax
Rel: taxed
Arg2: *trace*-1 (= the debt holder)
Arg3: on the accrued interest
Predicate: tax_away
tax_away: Based on instances in Webtext
Roleset id: tax.02 , government charging money, vncls: 54.5, framnet:
tax.02: Frameset created by Jena
Roles:
Arg0: taxer (vnrole: 54.5-agent)
Arg1: amount of tax (vnrole: 54.5-asset)
Arg2: taxpayer (vnrole: 54.5-recipient)
Arg3: commodity (vnrole: 54.5-cause)
Example:
Why-1 *PRO* bother if [the profits]-2 will be taxed *-2 away [*T*]-1 ?
Argm-mod: will
Rel: taxed away
Arg3: *-2