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:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
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:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
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:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
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:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
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:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
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:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
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:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
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