Predicate: colonize

colonize: Frames file for 'colonize' based on survey of sentences in the ectb2. No VerbNet entry.

Roleset id: colonize.01 , to found or establish a colony, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: colonizer, imperial power
        Arg1: territory colonized

Example: Plant colonization

        [Doughty false cypress seeds]-1 seized the opportunity *-1 to colonize this
        hostile territory shunned * by other plants.

        Arg0: trace->Doughty false cypress seeds
        Rel: colonize
        Arg1: this hostile territory shunned * by other plants

Example: Passive

        Plants-1 are often colonized *-1 by endophytic bacteria.

        ArgM-TMP: often
        Arg1: trace->Plants
        Arg0: by endophytic bacteria