Predicate: shell

Roleset id: shell.01 , remove shells from, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

shell.01: SHELL-V NOTES: Member of Vncls pit-10.7. Checked by Julia, 11/2010. (from shell.01-v)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
shell (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: sheller (vnrole: 10.7-agent)
        Arg1-DIR: thing that used to have a shell (vnrole: 10.7-source)

Example: and it didn't even appear

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

        John shelled peanuts in Mary's bed.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: shelled
        Arg1: peanuts
        Argm-loc: in Mary's bed

Roleset id: shell.02 , bomb, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

shell.02: SHELL-V NOTES: Member of Vncls pelt-17.2. Updated by Julia, 11/2010. (from shell.02-v)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
shell (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: sheller (vnrole: 17.2-agent)
        Arg1-GOL: target (vnrole: 17.2-destination)
        Arg2-PPT: explicit mention of bombs, shells (vnrole: 17.2-theme)

Example: boom

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

        The rebels also reportedly tightened a blockade on roads leading to the capital, and government forces shelled a guerrilla-held area in western Afghanistan.

        Arg0: government forces
        Rel: shelled
        Arg1: a guerrilla-held area in western Afghanistan

Example: all args

        person: third,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: participle

        An enemy in a Shiite neighborhood on the east side of the TigrisRiver shelled them with mortars

        Arg0: An enemy in a Shiite neighborhood on the east side of the TigrisRiver
        Rel: shelled
        Arg1: them
        Arg2: with mortars


Predicate: shell_out

Roleset id: shell_out.03 , pay, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

shell_out.03: SHELL_OUT-V NOTES: Member of Vncls contribute-13.2. Updated by Julia, 11/2010. (from shell.03-v)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
shell_out (v.)

Roles:

        Args 1 and 3 reversed from 'pay'. (from shell.03-v)
        Arg0-PAG: payer or buyer (vnrole: 13.2-agent)
        Arg1-PPT: money (vnrole: 13.2-theme)
        Arg2-GOL: seller or person being paid (vnrole: 13.2-recipient)
        Arg3-VSP: thing bought or paid for

Example: ARG0 and ARG1 and ARG2

        Instead , China is likely to shell out ever - greater subsidies to its coddled state - run enterprises , which ate up $ 18 billion in bailouts last year .

        Arg0: China
        Rel: [shell][out]
        Arg1: ever - greater subsidies
        Arg2: to its coddled state - run enterprises , which ate up $ 18 billion in bailouts last year

Example: with commodity

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

        And he isn't the only big spender: NBC will pay a record $401 million for the 1992 Summer Games, and ESPN, 80%-owned by Capital Cities/ABC, will shell out $400 million for four years of baseball, airing 175 regular-season games a year.

        Arg0: ESPN, 80%-owned by Capital Cities/ABC,
        Argm-mod: will
        Rel: [ shell] [ out]
        Arg1: $400 million
        Arg3: for four years of baseball
        Argm-adv: airing 175 regular-season games a year