Roleset overpay.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "to pay too much ":

Roles:

Arg0:payer


Arg1:thing paid for


Arg2:person being paid

Examples:

person: ns tense: past aspect: ns voice: active form: full


transitive (-)
But from his vantage point , it is n't that Mr. Paul , a customer of his too , overpaid for the work , `` a gargantuan painting by an artist who [*T*-1] is not a household word . ''
Arg0:	Mr. Paul , a customer of his too ,
REL:	overpaid
Arg1-for:	the work , `` a gargantuan painting by an artist who [*T*-1] is not a household word

person: ns tense: present aspect: ns voice: active form: full


with Arg2 (-)
To the extent [0] we lack manpower [0] [*T*-3] to staff menial jobs in hospitals [*T*-2] , for example , we should raise pay , pursue labor-saving technology , or allow more legal immigration , rather than overpay high school graduates as short-term workers and cause resentment among permanent workers paid [*] lesser amounts [*-1] to do the same jobs .
Arg0:	we
REL:	overpay
Arg2:	high school graduates
ArgM-PRD:	as short-term workers