Roleset spill.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "to cause or allow to flow":

Roles:

Arg0:entity splilling


Arg1:entity spilled


Arg2:location/direction

Examples:

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


all arguments (-)
On July 2 , 1987 , the tanker S.S. Glacier Bay struck a rock and spilled almost 150,000 gallons of oil into the Cook Inlet .
ArgM-TMP:	On July 2 , 1987
Arg0:	the tanker S.S. Glacier Bay
REL:	spilled
Arg1:	almost 150,000 gallons of oil
Arg2-into:	the Cook Inlet

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


transitive with adverbials (-)
Arkansas Democrat David Pryor spilled his guts on the Senate floor the other day after he 'd joined the Finance Committee 's early-morning pork-barrel revels : `` I must tell you ...
Arg0:	Arkansas Democrat David Pryor
REL:	spilled
Arg1:	his guts
ArgM-LOC:	on the Senate floor
ArgM-TMP:	the other day
ArgM-TMP:	after he 'd joined the Finance Committee 's early-morning pork-barrel revels

Roleset spill.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "to overflow, pour out":

Roles:

Arg1:entity spilled over


Arg2:location/direction

Examples:

person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: ns form: infinitive


both arguments (-)
The same issue threatens [*-2] to spill over to the foreign aid debate , and Mr. Bush also is threatening [*-3] to veto any agreement that [*T*-1] preserves Senate-passed provisions renewing U.S. support for the United Nations Fund for Population Activities .
Arg1:	[*-2] -> The same issue
REL:	[ spill] [ over]
Arg2-to:	the foreign aid debate

Roleset spill.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "to pour out":

Roles:

Arg1:entity spilled out


Arg2:location/direction

Examples:

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


with direction (-)
Come daybreak , eight family members and two other workers unroll a sheet of raw rubber that [*T*-1] covers the floor of the house and spills out onto the street .
Arg1:	[*T*-1] -> that -> a sheet
REL:	[ spills] [ out]
Arg2-onto:	the street