Frameset

Frames file for 'pay' based on survey of initial sentences of big corpus and comparison with 'buy' and 'sell'

Predicate pay:

Roleset pay.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "cf buy and sell":

Roles:

Arg0:payer or buyer

Arg1:money or attention

Arg2:person being paid, destination of attention

Arg3:commodity, paid for what

Examples:

price and commodity (-)
`Investors pay higher prices for country funds.`
Arg0:	Investors
REL:	pay
Arg1:	higher prices
Arg3-for:	for country funds

seller and purpose (-)
Theatres pay movie producers for showing their films.

Arg0: Theatres

REL: pay

Arg2: movie producers

Arg3: for showing their films

seller and purpose (-)
`Theatres pay movie producers for showing their films.`
Arg0:	Theatres
REL:	pay
Arg2:	movie producers
Arg3:	for showing their films

passive, price and receiver (-)
Mr. Cray was paid $600,000 at Cray Research last year.

Arg2: Mr. Cray

REL: was paid

Arg1: $600,000

ArgM-LOC: at Cray Research

ArgM-TMP: last year

passive, price and receiver (-)
`Mr. Cray was paid $600,000 at Cray Research last year.`
Arg2:	Mr. Cray
REL:	was paid
Arg1:	$600,000
ArgM-LOC:	at Cray Research
ArgM-TMP:	last year

variant: pay on (-)
The Latin American nation has paid very little on its debt.

Arg0: The Latin American nation

REL: has paid

Arg1: very little

Arg2-on: its debt

variant: pay on (-)
`The Latin American nation has paid very little on its debt.`
Arg0:	The Latin American nation
REL:	has paid
Arg1:	very little
Arg2-on:	its debt

agentive passive (-)
...the TV commercial paid for *trace* by Giuliani's campaign...

REL: paid

Arg3-for: *trace=commercial*

Arg0-by: by Giuliani's campaign

agentive passive (-)
`...the TV commercial paid for trace by Giuliani's campaign...`
REL:	paid
Arg3-for:	trace=commercial
Arg0-by:	by Giuliani's campaign

payer, payee, payment (-)
The transaction would pay shareholders $55 a share.

Arg0: The transaction

ArgM-MOD: would

REL: pay

Arg2: shareholders

Arg1: $55 a share

payer, payee, payment (-)
`The transaction would pay shareholders $55 a share.`
Arg0:	The transaction
ArgM-MOD:	would
REL:	pay
Arg2:	shareholders
Arg1:	$55 a share

pay attention (-)
The media pays attention to Japanese investment

Arg0: The media

REL: pays

Arg1: attention

Arg2-to: to Japanese investment

pay attention (-)
`The media pays attention to Japanese investment`
Arg0:	The media
REL:	pays
Arg1:	attention
Arg2-to:	to Japanese investment

Roleset pay.04 Verbnet Class: NONE "succeed, work out":

Roles:

Arg1:thing succeeding or working out

Examples:

present

active

full

crime doesn't pay (-)
``It's not easy to roll out something that comprehensive, and make it pay,'' Mr. Jacob says.
Arg1:	it
REL:	pay

Predicate pay_off:

Roleset pay.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "pay off":

Roles:

Arg0:payer

Arg1:debt

Examples:

chump change (-)
`The government paid off $13.8 billion in T-bills.`
Arg0:	The government
REL:	paid off
Arg1:	$13.8 billion in T-bills

Roleset pay.05 Verbnet Class: NONE "succeed, work out (phrasal)":

Roles:

Arg1:thing succeeding, working out

Examples:

active

full

phrasal success (-)
`That can pay off down the road as customers, especially the younger ones, change from borrowers to savers/investors.`
Arg1:	That
Argm-MOD:	can
REL:	pay off
Argm-TMP:	down the road
Argm-TMP:	as customers, especially the younger ones, change from borrowers to savers/investors

Predicate pay_out:

Roleset pay.03 Verbnet Class: 1 "pay out":

Roles:

Arg0:payer or buyer

Arg1:money or attention

Arg2:person being paid, destination of attention

Arg3:commodity, paid for what

Examples:

Arg0 rel Arg2 Arg3 (-)
`Businesses are paying out a smaller percentage of their profits.`
Arg0:	Businesses
REL:	paying out
Arg1:	a smaller percentage of their profits

Predicate pay_down:

Roleset pay.06 Verbnet Class: NONE "reduce indebtedness":

Roles:

Arg0:payer

Arg1:debt

Examples:

active

full

bastard child of pay (debt) and pay off (debt) (-)
`But Mr. Wathen's team still must pay down about $82 million of long-term bank debt from the acquisition within the next four years.`
Argm-DIS:	But
Arg0:	Mr. Wathen's team
Argm-DIS:	still
Argm-MOD:	must
REL:	pay down
Arg1:	about $82 million of long-term bank debt from the acquisition
Argm-TMP:	within the next four years