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<frameset>
<predicate lemma="spawn">
<note>
  Frames file for 'spawn' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ
  corpus.
</note>

<roleset id="spawn.01" name="to produce in large numbers, to give rise to" vncls="27">
<roles>
  <role descr="causer" n="0"><vnrole vncls="27" vntheta="Theme1"/></role>
  <role descr="thing spawned" n="1"><vnrole vncls="27" vntheta="Theme2"/></role>
</roles>

<example name="transitive">
<inflection aspect="ns" form="full" person="ns" tense="past" voice="active"/>
<text>
 Last year 's appeals court decision , for instance , spawned several suits , reportedly including a recent action by the heirs of singer Bobby Darin against McDonald 's Corp. over its `` Mac Tonight '' TV commercials , a rough parody of Mr. Darin 's `` Mack the Knife '' trademark .
</text>
	<arg n="0">Last year 's appeals court decision</arg>
	<arg f="DIS" n="M">for instance</arg>
	<rel>spawned</rel>
	<arg n="1">several suits , reportedly including a recent action by the heirs of singer Bobby Darin against McDonald 's Corp. over its `` Mac Tonight '' TV commercials , a rough parody of Mr. Darin 's `` Mack the Knife '' trademark</arg>
</example>


</roleset>
</predicate>


</frameset>
