Roleset endow.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "give (often generously)":

Roles:

Arg0:giver


Arg1:gift


Arg2:given-to

Examples:

person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: ns form: infinitive


all args (-)
So far, the president seems ill-disposed [*] to substitute any of the omnibus for his own free-standing proposal [*] to endow a ``Points of Light'' foundation with $25 million to inform citizens of all ages and exhort them to genuine volunteerism.
Arg0:	[*] -> [*] -> the president
REL:	endow
Arg2:	a ``Points of Light'' foundation
Arg1-with:	$ 25 million [*U*]
ArgM-PNC:	to inform citizens of all ages and exhort them to genuine volunteerism

person: ns tense: past aspect: ns voice: active form: full


giver and recipient (-)
Some pretty seamy stuff built the turn-of-the-century families' Fifth Avenue and Newport palazzi and endowed their daughters' weddings to foreign noblemen.
Arg0:	Some pretty seamy stuff
REL:	endowed
Arg2:	their daughters' weddings to foreign noblemen

person: ns tense: present aspect: ns voice: passive form: participle


passive, no giver (-)
If mutation and natural selection slowly but surely give rise to more and more advanced forms of life, then it was only a matter of eons before splendid beings endowed [*] with reason, self-awareness and taste shimmered onto the scene.
Arg2:	splendid beings
REL:	endowed
Arg1-with:	reason, self-awareness and taste