Frameset

Predicate bill:

Frames file for 'bill' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. Verbnet entries 29.2 and 54.5, other framed members include classify, count, define, describe, emply, establish, intend, portray, rank, recommend, regard, treat, view (but those don't seem right to me); and concern (and that doesn't seem right at all.) No Framenet entry. Comparison with 'charge'.

Roleset bill.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "charge a fee":

Roles:

Arg0:seller, biller

Arg1:asking price, amount of bill

Arg2:buyer, billed

Arg3:commodity

Examples:

gerund

no asking price (-)
`According to one person familiar with the airline, the buy-out group -- led by United's pilots union and UAL Chairman Stephen Wolf -- has begun trace billing UAL for fees and expenses it owes to investment bankers, law firms and banks.`
Arg0:	trace -> the buy-out group -- led by United's pilots union and UAL Chairman Stephen Wolf --
REL:	billing
Arg2:	UAL
Arg3-for:	fees and expenses it owes to investment bankers, law firms and banks

person: ns tense: past aspect: ns voice: active form: full
with amount of bill (-)

Mary billed John a hundred dollars for a single kiss. And he paid it.

Arg0: Mary

REL: billed

Arg2: John

Arg1: a hundred dollars

Arg3-for: a single kiss

with amount of bill (-)
`Mary billed John a hundred dollars for a single kiss. And he paid it.`
Arg0:	Mary
REL:	billed
Arg2:	John
Arg1:	a hundred dollars
Arg3-for:	a single kiss

Roleset bill.02 Verbnet Class: 1 "describe":

Roles:

Arg0:describer

Arg1:thing described

Arg2:secondary attribute, described-as

Examples:

past

passive

participle

passivized (-)
`That complex bid was billed trace as France's largest takeover ever (this one is slightly smaller).`
REL:	billed
Arg1:	trace -> That complex bid
Arg2-as:	France 's largest takeover ever

I'm betting this sense always occurs in the passive.