Rolesets - spit

spit

spit.01 - eject saliva

SPIT-V NOTES: Frames file for 'spit' based on sentences in brown. Verbnet entry (from spit.01-v predicate notes)
SPITTING-N NOTES: spit.01 (from spitting.01-n)

Aliases:

spit (v.)
spitting (n.)

Roles:

ARG0-PAG: spitter
ARG1-PPT: explicit mention of saliva
ARG2-GOL: spat-on

he was despised

MenARG0
spitrel
on HimARG2
.

intransitive

MeansARG0
spitrel
and edged on .

with arg1

HeARG0
spent long hours before the TV
spittingrel
out promises of revengeARG1
.

Arg0,1,2

It took a jury less than an hour to acquit a West Virginia man of battery charges stemming from
hisARG0
spittingrel
tobacco juiceARG1
on the Westboro Baptist Church 's Shirley Phelps - Roper , daughter of FredARG2
.