<def-root>This frame involves <fen>Buyer</fen>s paying <fen>Money</fen> for <fen>Goods</fen>. In this frame the <fen>Money</fen> is the direct object, and is mapped to the theme of the transfer.
<ex><fex name="Buyer">I</fex> <t>paid</t> <fex name="Seller">her</fex> <fex name="Money">$50</fex> <fex name="Goods">for a video game</fex>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>The <fen>Buyer</fen> has the <fen>Money</fen> and wants the <fen>Goods</fen>.
<ex><fex name="Byr">Gem</fex> <t>paid</t> fifty dollars for a shirt</ex></def-root>
<def-root>The FE <fen>Goods</fen> is anything (including labor or time, for example) which is exchanged for <fen>Money</fen> in a transaction.
<ex>Kim <t>paid</t> fifty dollars <fex name="Gds">for the shirt</fex></ex></def-root>
<def-root>The <fen>Means</fen> by which a commercial transaction occurs.
Abby <t>bought</t> the car <fex name="Means">with cash</fex>.
Robin <t>paid</t> for the car <fex name="Means">by check</fex>.</def-root>
<def-root><fen>Money</fen> is the thing given in exchange for <fen>Goods</fen> in a transaction.
<ex>Pat <t>paid</t> <fex name="Money">14 dollars</fex> for a movie ticket.</ex>
</def-root>
<def-root>In some cases, price or payment is described per unit of <fen>Goods</fen>.
<ex>The manager <t>pays</t> the paper boys <fex name="Rate">five dollars an hour</fex>. </ex></def-root>
<def-root>The <fen>Seller</fen> has the <fen>Goods</fen> and wants the <fen>Money</fen>.
<ex><fex name="Slr">The landlord</fex> is <t>paid</t> $700 a month by the tenants for the apartment. </ex>
</def-root>
<def-root>This FE is any unit in which goods or services can be measured.
Generally, it occurs in a <ment>by</ment>-PP.
<ex>Bob <t>pays</t> for peppers <fex name="Unit">by the pound</fex>. </ex></def-root>
<def-root>Where the event takes place.</def-root>
<def-root>The <fen>Purpose</fen> for which an intentional act is performed.</def-root>
<def-root>The <fex name="Explanation">Explanation</fex> for which an event occurs.</def-root>
<def-root>When the event occurs.</def-root>
<def-root>Any description of the paying event which is not covered by more specific FEs, including secondary effects (<ment>quietly, loudly</ment>), and general descriptions comparing events (<ment>the same way</ment>). It may also indicate salient characteristics of the <fen>Buyer</fen> that affect the action (<ment>presumptuously, coldly, deliberately, eagerly, carefully</ment>).
<ex>She <fex name="Manner">quietly</fex> <t>paid</t> the bill and left.</ex></def-root>
<def-root><fen>Circumstances</fen> describe the state of the world (at a particular time and place) which is specifically independent of the event itself and any of its participants.
<ex>Worker 's compensation <t>payments</t> alone <fex name="Circumstances">in cases involving falls</fex> , now average more than $8500 per incident in North America .</ex></def-root>
<def-root>This frame element is defined as the number of times an event occurs per some unit of time.
<ex>A good tenant <t>pays</t> her rent <fex name="Frequency">regularly</fex></ex></def-root>
Giving
Commerce_money-transfer
Earnings_and_losses
FN: give someone money in exchange for goods.
COD: an amount paid or payable.
COD: pay out (money from a fund).
FN: payment (from a fund)
COD: pay a specified amount of money, especially an amount regarded as excessive.
FN: a person who pays money in exchange for goods or services