Predicate: trade

Roleset id: trade.01 , exchange, vncls: 13.6, framnet:

trade.01: Roleset based on verb entry trade.01; OntoNotes sense grouings trade.01, trade.02; maps to VN class exchange-13.6-1. Framed by Claire

Roles:

        Arg0: agent, entity trading (vnrole: 13.6-1-agent)
        Arg1: thing being traded (away) (vnrole: 13.6-1-theme1)
        Arg2: other exchanger (vnrole: 13.6-1-recipient)
        Arg3: other item in exchange, price, or premium, traded for or at (vnrole: 13.6-1-theme2)
        Arg4: beneficiary

Example: NP only

        a U.S.-Japan construction trade

        Arg0: U.S.
        Arg2: Japan
        Arg1: construction
        Rel: trade

Example: Traders and traded

        Note that both/all traders can be included in one mention; in this case, "world."
        world ivory trade

        Arg0: world
        Arg1: ivory
        Rel: trade

Example: Traders only

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

        Great efforts have been made to improve our foreign trade.

        Arg0: our
        Arg2: foreign
        Rel: trade

Example: Light Verb with items exchanged

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

        I'll make you a trade of my ham sandwich for your candy bar.

        Arg0: I
        Argm-mod: 'll
        Argm-lvb: make
        Rel: trade
        Arg1: of my ham sandwich
        Arg3: for your candy bar

Example: Traded away only

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

        The couple stayed in a Paris apartment for two weeks as a trade for their summer home in Maine during that time.

        Rel: trade
        Arg1: for their summer home in Maine


Predicate: trade-off

Roleset id: trade.02 , exchange, vncls: 13.6, framnet:

trade.02: Roleset based on verb entry trade.01; maps to VN class exchange-13.6-1. Framed by Claire.

Roles:

        No examples of args 2 or 4 found with this noun. See other trade entries for examples.
        Arg0: agent, entity trading (vnrole: 13.6-1-agent)
        Arg1: thing being traded (away) (vnrole: 13.6-1-theme1)
        Arg2: other exchanger (vnrole: 13.6-1-recipient)
        Arg3: other item in exchange, price, or premium, traded for or at (vnrole: 13.6-1-theme2)
        Arg4: beneficiary

Example: Within LVC, args 0 & 1

        Marketers believe most Americans won't make the convenience trade-off ... .

        Arg0: most Americans
        Argm-mod: wo
        Argm-neg: n't
        Argm-lvb: make
        Arg1: convenience
        Rel: trade-off

Example: With Arg3

        This didn't give Americans much confidence that their trade-off of Fourth Amendment freedoms for a little extra safety is a good deal.

        Arg0: their
        Rel: trade-off
        Arg1: of Fourth Amendment freedoms
        Arg3: for a little extra safety

Example: Arg 3 only

        This seems to be a common usage with "trade-off". I see the "with" phrase as the thing potentially being traded for: trading off something else in exchange for bonds in this case.
        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns

        The trade-off with bonds then is more security for less return on your investment.

        Rel: trade-off
        Arg3: with bonds