Roleset spin.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "move in circular fashion":

Roles:

Arg0:causative agent


Arg1:thing spinning

Examples:

poor John (-)
After drinking two glasses of wine, John's head was spinning.
Argm-TMP:	After drinking two glasses of wine
Arg1:	John's head
REL:	spinning

Roleset spin.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "tell tales":

Roles:

Arg0:storyteller


Arg1:story

Examples:

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


always spin a tale or a yarn (-)
In ``The Cuckoo's Egg'' (Doubleday, 326 pages, $19.95), he spins a remarkable tale of his efforts over 18 months to catch a computer spy.
Argm-LOC:	In ``The Cuckoo's Egg'' (Doubleday, 326 pages, $19.95)
Arg0:	he
REL:	spins
Arg1:	a remarkable tale of his efforts over 18 months to catch a computer spy

Roleset spin.04 Verbnet Class: NONE "create through spinning":

Roles:

Arg0:creator


Arg1:creation


Arg2:raw material

Examples:

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


more tale telling (-)
Mr. Parker spins it into a pretty satisfying tale involving Poodle Springs high life, Hollywood low life and various folk who hang their hats in both worlds.
Arg0:	Mr. Parker
REL:	spins
Arg2:	it
Arg1-into:	a pretty satisfying tale involving Poodle Springs high life, Hollywood low life and various folk who hang their hats in both worlds

Roleset spin.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "spin off: create a new entity based on an existing entity":

Roles:

Arg0:creator


Arg1:thing created


Arg2:source


Arg3:benefactive


Arg4:attribute, secondary predication

Examples:

just transitive (-)
Its plan, instead, is *trace* to spin off the remainder of its real estate unit and to possibly do the same with its mining and energy assets.
Arg0:	*trace* -> Its plan
REL:	[ spin] [ off]
Arg1:	the remainder of its real estate unit




with benefactive (-)
Courtaulds PLC announced plans *trace* to spin off its textiles operations to existing shareholders in a restructuring to boost shareholder value.
Arg0:	*trace* -> Courtaulds PLC
REL:	[ spin] [ off]
Arg1:	its textiles operations
Arg3-to:	existing shareholders
ArgM-LOC:	in a restructuring
ArgM-PNC:	to boost shareholder value




passive, with attribute (-)
The previous-year quarter included $16.1 million from businesses spun *trace* off as Tredegar Industries Inc.
REL:	[ spun] [ off]
Arg1:	*trace* -> businesses
Arg4-as:	Tredegar Industries Inc




with source (-)
John tried *trace* to spin off several new papers from his shoddy research.
Arg0:	*trace* -> John
REL:	spin off
Arg1:	several new papers
Arg2-from:	his shoddy research.