Frameset

Predicate rent:

Frames file for 'rent' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. Verbnet entries 13.1, 13.5.1; other framed members include give, lease, lend, pass, pay, refund, repay, sell, trade, accept, collect, earn, fetch, and bunch of others. Too many to list. Framenet classes Commerce sell, Commerce buy, and Commerce. This is the canonical high-valency verb. Comparison with 'lease'.

Roleset rent.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "be a renter":

Roles:

Arg0:renter

Arg1:thing rented (eg, apartment)

Arg2:landlord

Arg3:rent

Arg4:term

Examples:

third

present

active

full

some args (-)
`John rents a room from Mary for a buck a week.`
Arg0:	John
REL:	rents
Arg1:	a room
Arg2-from:	Mary
Arg3-for:	a buck a week

person: ns tense: past aspect: ns voice: active form: full
with term (-)

John rented a room from Mary for a year, then moved out.

Arg0: John

REL: rented

Arg1: a room

Arg2-from: Mary

Arg4-for: a year

with term (-)
`John rented a room from Mary for a year, then moved out.`
Arg0:	John
REL:	rented
Arg1:	a room
Arg2-from:	Mary
Arg4-for:	a year

Roleset rent.02 Verbnet Class: 1 "be a landlord":

Roles:

Arg0:landlord