Predicate: sow
Roleset id: sow.01 , to scatter seed for growing, vncls: 9.7-1, framnet: Placing , Filling
sow.01: Based on WSJ. Member of VNcls spray-9.7-1.
Roles:
Arg0: farmer, sower (vnrole: 9.7-1-agent)
Arg1: seed, entity sowed (vnrole: 9.7-1-theme)
Example: transitive
person: ns, tense: present, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
They sow a row of male-fertile plants [*ICH*-1] nearby , [which then pollinate the male-sterile plants]-1 .
Arg0: They
Rel: sow
Arg1: a row of male-fertile plants [*ICH*-1]
Argm-loc: nearby
Example: with manner adverbial
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
But he and his chief financial officer , John Pope , sowed some of the seeds for the deal 's failure by insisting banks accept low financing fees and interest rates , while they invested in the transaction only a small fraction of the $ 114.3 million [*U*] they stoodto gain 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 insisting banks accept low financing fees and interest rates , while they invested in the transaction only a small fraction of the $ 114.3 million [*U*] they stoodto gain from sale of their UAL stock and options