Predicate: founder
founder: Frames file for 'founder' based on sentences in wsj. No Verbnet
entry, Framenet entry Bungling.
Roleset id: founder.01 , sinking awkwardly, vncls: , framnet:
Roles:
Arg1: thing sinking
Arg2: prepositional cause
Example: cause as argument
person: third, tense: past, aspect: progressive, voice: active, form: participle
Free State Glass Industries of Warrenton, Va., a small fabricator
of architectural glass, was foundering under its original
management.
Arg1: Free State Glass Industries of Warrenton, Va., a
small fabricator of architectural glass,
Rel: foundering
Arg2: under its original management
Example: cause as adjunct
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
The sporty coupe foundered in part because American buyers didn't
go for the car's unusual double-wing rear spoiler.
Arg1: The sporty coupe
Rel: foundered
ArgM-PNC: in part because American buyers didn't go
for the car's unusual double-wing rear spoiler