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spend_time-104
Member Verb Lemmas:-topfile
ROLES:
Agent [ +animate | +organization ]
Duration
Attribute


EXAMPLE:
I misspent 5 hours.


SYNTAX:
Agent VERB Duration

SEMANTICS:
spend_time( e1 , Agent , Eventuality )
duration( e1 , Duration )

FORCE DYNAMICS:

None

EXAMPLE:
Sam served five years as a prisoner.


SYNTAX:
Agent VERB Duration (as) Attribute

SEMANTICS:
spend_time( e1 , Agent , ?Eventuality )
act( e1 , Agent , Attribute )
duration( e1 , Duration )

FORCE DYNAMICS:

None

EXAMPLE:
She spent five years waiting tables.


SYNTAX:
Agent VERB Duration

SEMANTICS:
spend_time( e1 , Agent , Eventuality )
duration( e1 , Duration )

FORCE DYNAMICS:

None

EXAMPLE:
She spent five years as a cornhusker shucking corn.


SYNTAX:
Agent VERB Duration (as) Attribute

SEMANTICS:
spend_time( e1 , Agent , Eventuality )
act( e1 , Agent , Attribute )
duration( e1 , Duration )

FORCE DYNAMICS:

None