Predicate: endorse

Roleset id: endorse.01 , support for a position, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

endorse.01: ENDORSE-V NOTES: (from endorse.01-v) ENDORSEMENT-N NOTES: Based on sentences in nouns-00040. Comparison to 'endorse.01'. No Vn class. Framed by Katie. (from endorsement.01-n)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
endorsement (n.)
endorse (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: supporter
        Arg1-PPT: thing/person supported
        Arg2-PRP: for what

Example: passive

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

        [That offer]-1 was endorsed *trace*-1 by the shareholders committee .

        Rel: endorsed
        Arg1: *trace*
        Arg0: by the shareholders committee

Example: active

        person: third,  tense: present,  aspect: perfect,  voice: active,  form: participle

        The state has endorsed the New England Electric plan, which promises to limit rate increases to 4.8% annually for seven years.

        Arg0: The state
        Rel: endorsed
        Arg1: the New England Electric plan , which promises to limit rate increases to 4.8 % annually for seven years

Example: ARG1

        Even if he wins , this may mean only that the people of Taiwan are willing to give Lien Chan a chance , and would not necessarily be an endorsement of the KMT itself .

        Rel: endorsement
        Arg1: of the KMT itself

Example: Args 0 and 1

        your strong endorsement to repeal this Depression-era fossil

        Arg0: your
        Argm-mnr: strong
        Rel: endorsement
        Arg1: to repeal this Depression-era fossil

Example: Another arg 0 and 1

        their formal endorsement of a merger with Daimler-Benz AG

        Arg0: their
        Argm-mnr: formal
        Rel: endorsement
        Arg1: of a merger with Daimler-Benz AG

Example: Arg 0 only

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns

        The Russian President's endorsement

        Arg0: The Russian President's
        Rel: endorsement

Example: Slightly different form of arg 1

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns

        formal endorsement to Russia's white, red, and blue flag

        Argm-mnr: formal
        Rel: endorsement
        Arg1: to Russia's white, red, and blue flag

Example: The rare arg 2

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns

        Ehud Barak won the endorsement of his Labor Party as its candidate for Prime Minister

        Rel: endorsement
        Arg1: of his Labor Party
        Arg2: as its candidate for Prime Minister

Roleset id: endorse.02 , sign on the backside, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

endorse.02: ENDORSE-V NOTES: Both these senses reduce to 'be on/at the back;' 'dorse' = 'back.' (from endorse.02-v)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
endorse (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: signer (vnrole: 25.3-agent)
        Arg1-PPT: thing signed (vnrole: 25.3-theme)

Example: typical

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

        John endorsed his paycheck before depositing it.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: endorsed
        Arg1: his paycheck
        Argm-tmp: before depositing it