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<frameset>
<predicate lemma="lend">
<note>
  Frames file for 'lend' based on sentences in financial subcorpus.
  No access to verbnet.  Comparison to 'give'.
</note>

<roleset id="lend.01" name="give temporarily" vncls="13.1-1">
<roles>
  <role descr="lender" n="0">
		
  <vnrole vncls="13.1-1" vntheta="Agent"/></role>

  <role descr="thing lent" n="1">
		
  <vnrole vncls="13.1-1" vntheta="Theme"/></role>

  <role descr="lent-to" n="2">
		
  <vnrole vncls="13.1-1" vntheta="Recipient"/></role>

</roles>

<example name="nice and obvious">
<text>
    The McAlpine family, which operates a number of multinational
    companies, including a London-based engineering and construction
    company, also lent to Meridian National $500,000. 
</text>
        <arg n="0">The McAlpine family, which operates a number of
        multinational companies, including a London-based engineering
        and construction company,</arg> 
        <arg f="DIS" n="M">also</arg>
        <rel>lent</rel>
        <arg f="to" n="2">Meridian National</arg>
        <arg n="1">$ 500,000 </arg>
</example>

<example name="non-obvious benefactive">
<text>
    HomeFed had been one of the handful of large West Coast thrifts
    that in recent quarters had counteracted interest-rate problems
    dogging the industry by *trace* keeping a lid on problem assets
    and lending heavily into the furious California housing market. 
</text>
        <arg n="0">*trace* -&gt;  large West Coast thrifts</arg>
        <rel>lending</rel>
        <arg f="MNR" n="M">heavily</arg>
        <arg f="into" n="2">the furious California housing market</arg>
</example>

<note>
The target of the trace is also not immediately obvious.
</note>

</roleset>
</predicate>
</frameset>
