Predicate: pay
Roleset id: pay.01 , cf buy and sell, pay for, pay for again, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
pay.01: PAY-V NOTES: . (from pay.01-v predicate notes) PAYMENT-N NOTES: Based on sentences in nouns-00040. Comparison to pay.01. VN class pay-68. Framed by Katie. (from payment.01-n) REPAYMENT-N NOTES: Based on noun entry payment.01. Corresponds to VN class pay-68. Framed by Claire. (from repayment.01-n) PAID-J NOTES: Automatically created by Julia as an alias file for unification. (from paid.01-j)
Aliases:
Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
paid (j.) | | |
pay (v.) | | |
payment (n.) | commerce_pay | |
make_payment (l.) | | |
repayment (n.) | commerce_pay | |
Roles:
        Arg0-PAG: payer or buyer (vnrole: 68-1-agent)
        Arg1-VSP: money or attention (vnrole: 68-1-asset)
        Arg2-GOL: person being paid, destination of attention
        Arg3-PPT: commodity, paid for what (vnrole: 68-1-theme)
Example: price and commodity
        Investors pay higher prices for country funds.
        Arg0: Investors
        Rel: pay
        Arg1: higher prices
        Arg3: for country funds
Example: seller and purpose
        Theatres pay movie producers for showing their films.
        Arg0: Theatres
        Rel: pay
        Arg2: movie producers
        Arg3: for showing their films
Example: passive, price and receiver
        [Mr. Cray]-1 was paid *trace*-1 $600,000 at Cray Research last year.
        Arg2: *trace*
        Rel: paid
        Arg1: $600,000
        Argm-loc: at Cray Research
        Argm-tmp: last year
Example: variant: pay on
        The Latin American nation has paid very little on its debt.
        Arg0: The Latin American nation
        Rel: paid
        Arg1: very little
        Arg2: on its debt
Example: agentive passive
        ...[the TV commercial]-1 paid for *trace*-1 by Giuliani's campaign...
        Rel: paid
        Arg3: for *trace*
        Arg0: by Giuliani's campaign
Example: 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
Example: pay attention
        The media pays attention to Japanese investment
        Arg0: The media
        Rel: pays
        Arg1: attention
        Arg2: to Japanese investment
Example: with MNR
        in November and December alone, junk bond investors will receive $4.8 billion of coupon interest payments
        Argm-mnr: coupon
        Arg3: interest
        Rel: payments
Example: args 0 and 2
        Bally 's alleged greenmail payment to Mr. Trump
        Arg0: Bally's
        Argm-prd: alleged
        Argm-prp: greenmail
        Rel: payment
        Arg2: to Mr. Trump
Example: Arg 3 only
        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns
        tax payments
        Arg3: tax
        Rel: payments
Example: args 0, 1, and 3
        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns
        your final $2500 house payment
        Arg0: your
        Arg1: $2500
        Arg3: house
        Rel: payment
Example: Light Verb!
        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns
        It said it-1 needs *-1 to make the payment by Dec. 1 to avoid a default that could lead to an acceleration of the debt .
        Arg0: *-1
        Argm-lvb: make
        Rel: payment
        Argm-tmp: by Dec. 1
Example: Within LVC
        The agreement calls for South African debtors to make repayments in eight installments , starting in December of next year .
        Arg0: South African debtors
        Argm-lvb: make
        Rel: repayments
        Argm-mnr: in eight installments
        Argm-tmp: starting in December of next year
Example: All arguments
        He conditioned it upon his repayment of $13795 to Mr. Crisman, Jr. for the expenses he incurred as guardian.
        Arg0: his
        Rel: repayment
        Arg1: of $13795
        Arg2: to Mr. Crisman Jr.
        Arg3: for the expenses he incurred as guardian.
Roleset id: pay.04 , succeed, work out, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
pay.04: PAY-V NOTES: . (from pay.04-v predicate notes)
Aliases:
Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
pay (v.) | | |
Roles:
        Arg1-PPT: thing succeeding or working out
Example: crime doesn't pay
        person: ns,  tense: present,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full
        ``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 id: pay_off.02 , pay off, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
pay_off.02: PAY_OFF-V NOTES: (from pay.02-v) PAYOFF_OFF-N NOTES: Automatically created by Julia as an alias file for unification. (from payoff.02-n)
Aliases:
Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
payoff_off (n.) | | |
pay_off (v.) | | |
Roles:
        Arg0-PAG: payer
        Arg1-PPT: debt
        Arg2-GOL: owed to whom, person paid
Example: 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
Example: With arg 2
        You could have the flip side and have some judge that-1 was paid *-1 off.
        Rel: paid off
        Arg2: *-1 --> that
        Argm-rcl: that --> some judge
Roleset id: pay_off.05 , succeed, work out (phrasal), Source: , vncls: , framnet:
pay_off.05: PAY_OFF-V NOTES: (from pay.05-v)
Aliases:
Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
pay_off (v.) | | |
Roles:
        Arg1-PPT: thing succeeding, working out
Example: phrasal success
        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full
        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 id: pay_out.03 , pay out, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
pay_out.03: PAY_OUT-V NOTES: (from pay.03-v)
Aliases:
Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
pay_out (v.) | | |
Roles:
        Arg0-PAG: payer or buyer
        Arg1-VSP: money or attention
        Arg2-GOL: person being paid, destination of attention
        Arg3-PPT: commodity, paid for what
Example: 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 id: pay_down.06 , reduce indebtedness, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
pay_down.06: PAY_DOWN-V NOTES: (from pay.06-v)
Aliases:
Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
pay_down (v.) | | |
Roles:
        Arg0-PAG: payer
        Arg1-PPT: debt
Example: bastard child of pay (debt) and pay off (debt)
        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full
        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
Predicate: pay_up
Roleset id: pay_up.07 , same as pay.01 but sounds tougher, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
pay_up.07: PAY_UP-V NOTES: (from pay.07-v)
Aliases:
Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
pay_up (v.) | | |
Roles:
        Arg0-PAG: agent, payer
        Arg1-PPT: money paid
        Arg2-GOL: person being paid, given the money
        Arg3-PPT: commodity, money paid for what?
Example: Payer only
        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns
        I knew that if I did n't pay up they would burn the car .
        Arg0: I
        Argm-neg: n't
        Rel: [pay] [up]
Example: More arguments
        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns
        A consumer court in Bangalore has asked [German airline Lufthansa]-1 *PRO*-1 to pay up compensation for a rude airhostess.
        Arg0: *PRO*-1
        Rel: [pay] [up]
        Arg1: compensation
        Arg3: for a rude airhostess