Predicate: spend
Roleset id: spend.01 , use money, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
spend.01: SPEND-V NOTES: Based on big corpus, comparison with 'buy', 'sell'. Member of VN class pay-68. (from spend.01-v) SPENDING-N NOTES: Added by Julia based on BOLT, spend.01. Corresponds to VNcls pay-68. (from spending.01-n)
Aliases:
Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
spend (v.) | | |
spending (n.) | | |
Roles:
        Args 2 and 4 might not occur. (from spend.01-v)
        Arg0-PAG: spender, buyer (vnrole: 68-agent)
        Arg1-PPT: thing bought, commodity (vnrole: 68-theme)
        Arg2-DIR: seller
        Arg3-VSP: price paid, money (vnrole: 68-asset)
        Arg4-GOL: benefactive
Example: spend-v: demonstrating commodity and price
        The NIH currently spends about $8 million annually on fetal-tissue research.
        Arg0: The NIH
        Argm-tmp: currently
        Rel: spends
        Arg3: about $8 million
        Argm-tmp: annually
        Arg1: on fetal-tissue research.
Example: spend-v: with TMP
        They spent $325,000 in 1989.
        Arg0: They
        Rel: spent
        Arg3: $325,000
        Argm-tmp: in 1989
Example: spending-n: arg0
        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns
        Government spending is actually increasing .
        Arg0: Government
        Rel: spending
Example: spending-n: arg 0, 1 and 3
        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns
        The question is whether his spending $7.7 million on food, drink, hotels and parties is excessive.
        Arg0: his
        Rel: spending
        Arg3: $7.7 million
        Arg1: on food, drink, hotels and parties
Roleset id: spend.02 , bide time, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
spend.02: SPEND-V NOTES: VN class consume-66-1 (from spend.02-v)
Aliases:
Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
spend (v.) | using_resource | |
Roles:
        Arg0-PAG: bider, waiter (vnrole: 66-1-agent)
        Arg1-VSP: unit of time (vnrole: 66-1-asset)
        Arg2-GOL: activity (vnrole: 66-1-goal)
Example: spend-v: spend time
        He spends his days *trace-1* sketching passers-by or *trace-2* trying to.
        Arg0: He
        Rel: spends
        Arg1: his days
        Arg2: *trace-1* sketching passers-by or *trace-2* trying to.
Example: spend-v: simpler example
        Mr. Bernstein has spent much of his time in recent years on human rights issues.
        Arg0: Mr. Bernstein
        Rel: spent
        Arg1: much of his time
        Argm-tmp: in recent years
        Arg2: on human rights issues.
Roleset id: spend.04 , be used up, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
spend.04: Based on AMR annotations. Adjective 'spent' is a member of FN class used_up.
Aliases:
Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
spend (v.) | | |
spent (j.) | used_up | |
Roles:
        Arg1-PPT: thing used up
        Arg2-CAU: cause
Example: spent-j: arg 1 only - most common
        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns
        the spent fuel rod
        Rel: spent
        Arg1: fuel rod
Example: spent-j: with arg 2
        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns
        Man! I am completely spent from that basketball game!
        Argm-dis: Man!
        Arg1: I
        Argm-ext: completely
        Rel: spent
        Arg2: from that basketball game
Example: spent-j
        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns
        The shampoo and conditioner are completely spent.
        Arg1: The shampoo and conditioner
        Argm-ext: completely
        Rel: spent.
Predicate: spend_down
Roleset id: spend_down.03 , spend money so that one is eligible for medicaid, services for poor, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
spend_down.03: SPEND_DOWN-V NOTES: Roleset based on instances in wsj-nw. Framed by Claire. (from spend.03-v)
Aliases:
Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
spend_down (v.) | | |
Roles:
        Arg0-PAG: spender
        Arg1-PPT: money spent down
        Arg2-GOL: limit spent down to
Example: spend_down-v: Args 0 & 2
        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns
        Residents start out as private payers but `` spend down '' to Medicaid levels in a single nursing home stay.
        Arg0: Residents
        Rel: [spend][down]
        Arg2: to Medicaid levels
        Argm-tmp: in a single nursing home stay.