Frameset

Predicate spot:

Frames file for 'spot' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. Verbnet entry fill-9.8 which is very much a secondary sense. Comparison with 'find'.

Roleset spot.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "discovery":

Roles:

Arg0:finder

Arg1:thing found

Arg2:benefactive, found for

Arg3:attribute

Examples:

transitive (-)
`Messrs. Jacobson and Bates walked on the Big Board floor at about 8:45 a.m. yesterday and immediately spotted trouble.`
Arg0:	Messrs. Jacobson and Bates
ArgM-TMP:	immediately
REL:	spotted
Arg1:	trouble

Will other roles appear? Hard to say. Check 'find' for more examples.

Roleset spot.02 Verbnet Class: 1 "dab, create a spot on something":

Roles:

Arg0:painter

Arg1:canvas

Arg2:paint

Examples:

painter (-)
`John spotted his car with purple daisies.`
Arg0:	John
REL:	spotted
Arg1:	his car
Arg2-with:	purple daisies

Probably better in passive: the tablecloth was spotted with red wine.