Roleset sow.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "to scatter seed for growing":

Roles:

Arg0:farmer, sower


Arg1:seed, entity sowed

Examples:

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


transitive (-)
They sow a row of male-fertile plants [*ICH*-1] nearby , which then [*T*-2] pollinate the male-sterile plants .
Arg0:	They
REL:	sow
Arg1:	[ a row of male-fertile plants [*ICH*-1]] [ which then [*T*-2] pollinate the male-sterile plants]
ArgM-LOC:	nearby

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


with manner adverbial (-)
But he and his chief financial officer , John Pope , sowed some of the seeds for the deal 's failure by [*-1] insisting [0] banks accept low financing fees and interest rates , while they invested in the transaction only a small fraction of the $ 114.3 million [*U*] [0] they stood [*-3] to gain [*T*-2] from sale of their UAL stock and options .
Arg0:	he and his chief financial officer , John Pope ,
REL:	sowed
Arg1:	some of the seeds for the deal 's failure
ArgM-MNR:	by [*-1] insisting [0] banks accept low financing fees and interest rates , while they invested in the transaction only a small fraction of the $ 114.3 million [*U*] [0] they stood [*-3] to gain [*T*-2] from sale of their UAL stock and options