Roleset seal.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "to close with or as if with a seal":

Roles:

Arg0:agent, causer


Arg1:entity sealed

Examples:

person: ns tense: present aspect: ns voice: passive form: participle


with a resultative phrase (-)
One had best [*-1] not dance on top of a coffin until the lid is sealed [*-2] tightly shut . ''
REL:	sealed
Arg1:	[*-2] -> the lid
ArgM-PRD:	tightly shut

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


transitive (-)
In his haste [*] to seal the deal with Tiger Chairman Saul Steinberg last August , Mr. Smith ignored a promise [*ICH*-4] that he had made [*T*-2] to his own pilots three years ago : that any fliers acquired [*] in future mergers would be `` end-tailed [*-3] '' -- put [*-3] at the bottom of the pilot seniority list that [*T*-1] determines work schedules , pay and career options .
REL:	seal
Arg1:	[ the deal] [ with Tiger Chairman Saul Steinberg]
ArgM-TMP:	last August
Arg0:	Mr. Smith -> [*]

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


inanimate causer (-)
Demographics converged with `` mainstream '' and demonizing [*-1] to seal Robert Bork 's fate .
Arg0:	[*-1] -> Demographics
REL:	seal
Arg1:	Robert Bork 's fate