Roleset sponsor.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "support openly":

Roles:

Arg0:sponsor


Arg1:thing sponsored

Examples:

person: third tense: present aspect: progressive voice: active form: participle


active (-)
So says the Commonwealth Fund, a New York philanthropist that's sponsoring a $1 million project to develop joint masters in business and nursing programs at 10 universities ... .
Arg0:	*trace* -> that -> a New York philanthropist
REL:	sponsoring
Arg1:	a $1 million project to develop joint masters in business and nursing programs at 10 universities

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


passive (-)
In the 1920s, a young schoolteacher, John T. Scopes, volunteered to be a guinea pig in a test case sponsored *trace* by the American Civil Liberties Union to challenge a ban on the teaching of evolution imposed by the Tennessee Legislature.
REL:	sponsored
Arg1:	*trace* -> a test case
Arg0-by:	the American Civil Liberties Union