Rolesets - spill

spill

spill.01 - to cause or allow to flow

SPILL-V NOTES: Based on WSJ. Member of VNcls pour-9.5, substance_emission-43.4. This roleset conflates agent and source, which VN separates. (from spill.01-v)

Aliases:

spill (v.)

Roles:

ARG0-PAG: entity splilling
ARG1-PPT: entity spilled
ARG2-LOC: location/direction

all arguments

On July 2 , 1987ARGM-TMP
,
the tanker S.S. Glacier BayARG0
struck a rock and
spilledrel
almost 150,000 gallons of oilARG1
into the Cook InletARG2
.

transitive with adverbials

Arkansas Democrat David PryorARG0
spilledrel
his gutsARG1
on the Senate floorARGM-LOC
the other dayARGM-TMP
after he 'd joined the Finance Committee 's early - morning pork - barrel revelsARGM-TMP
: `` I must tell you ...

One of the best sentences ever.

The rich nuances that suffuse this roll call are seen in the timeless distinction between a schlemiel ` clumsy jerk ' and a schlimazel ` habitual loser ' :
the schlemielARG0
inevitablyARGM-ADV
trips and
spillsrel
his hot soupARG1
?
all over the schlimazelARG2
.

spill_over

spill_over.02 - to overflow, pour out

SPILL_OVER-V NOTES: No VNcls. (from spill.02-v)

Aliases:

spill_over (v.)

Roles:

ARG1-PPT: entity spilled over
ARG2-LOC: location/direction

both arguments

The same issueARG1
threatens to
spillrel
overrel
to the foreign aid debateARG2
, and Mr. Bush also is threatening to veto any agreement that preserves Senate - passed provisions renewing U.S. support for the United Nations Fund for Population Activities .

spill_out

spill_out.03 - to pour out

SPILL_OUT-V NOTES: No VNcls. (from spill.03-v)

Aliases:

spill_out (v.)

Roles:

ARG1-PPT: entity spilled out
ARG2-LOC: location/direction

with direction

Come daybreak , eight family members and two other workers unroll
a sheetARG1
of raw rubber
thatR-ARG1
covers the floor of the house and
spillsrel
outrel
onto the streetARG2
.