Roleset foster.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "to promote the growth of":

Roles:

Arg0:promoter of growth, agent


Arg1:thing growing

Examples:

person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: active form: infinitive


transitive (-)
The Los Alamos laboratory is one of three U.S. Department of Energy national laboratories designed [*] as pilot centers [*] to foster joint industry-government programs [0] [*T*-1] to speed the transfer of new superconductors to the marketplace .
Arg0:	[*] -> [*] -> three U.S. Department of Energy national laboratories
REL:	foster
Arg1:	joint industry-government programs [0] [*T*-1] to speed the transfer of new superconductors to the marketplace

person: ns tense: past aspect: ns voice: active form: full


transitive with adverbials (-)
The Fuji is a product of meticulous Japanese pomological engineering , which [*T*-1] fostered it 50 years ago at a government research orchard .
Arg0:	[*T*-1] -> which -> meticulous Japanese pomological engineering
REL:	fostered
Arg1:	it
ArgM-TMP:	50 years ago
ArgM-LOC:	at a government research orchard