Commentary: Syntax includes: NP1[agent[animate]] PIONEER NP2[theme] NP1[agent[animate]] PIONEER PP[location]
Examples:
She pioneered a graduate program for women students.
This South African surgeon pioneered heart transplants.
Oral Roberts helped pioneer TV evangelism in the 1950s.
He pioneered the study of snowflakes when he photographed the first one.
She pioneers at its fringes, far beyond the civilized borders.
Mappings:
VerbNet: captain-29.8-1,establish-55.5
FrameNet: Achieving_first
PropBank: pioneer.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 2, 3