Predicate: underwrite
underwrite: Frames file for 'underwrite' based on sentences in financial
subcorpus. No Verbnet entry, comparison with 'finance' (sense 1).
Roleset id: underwrite.01 , provide money, vncls: , framnet:
underwrite.01: Finance suggests an arg2 'money' argument, which seems unnatural to
me. I have an intuition for a benefactive arg, though, but I'll wait
to see if something really appears.
Roles:
Arg0: financ(i)er
Arg1: thing financed
Example: typical usage
person: third, tense: present, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
Lawrence Insurance underwrites mostly primary insurance, a company spokesman said.
Arg0: Lawrence Insurance
Rel: underwrites
ArgM: mostly
Arg1: primary insurance