Rolesets - spurn

spurn

spurn.01 - rebuff, reject

SPURN-V NOTES: Frames file for 'spurn' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. No verbnet entry. Comparison with 'rebuff'. Why don't I have 'reject' yet? (from spurn.01-v predicate notes)

Aliases:

spurn (v.)

Roles:

ARG0-PAG: rejecter
ARG1-PPT: thing rejected

transitive

ESBARG0
spurnedrel
IncoARG1
and within five days ESB had a `` white knight '' ...