backfire
backfire.01 - have a bad result
BACKFIRE-V NOTES: Frames file for 'backfire' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. No Verbnet entry. (from backfire.01-v predicate notes)Aliases:
backfire (v.)
Roles:
ARG1-PPT: thing with bad result
ARG2-GOL: 'benefactive'
ARG2-GOL: 'benefactive'
unaccusative
Some other fare promotionsARG1
 have backfiredrel
 .ARG1 and ARG2
The document stated that the implementation of the plan was later abandoned because Britain feared 
itARG1
 mightARGM-MOD
 backfirerel
 violentlyARGM-MNR
 on the Egyptian sideARG2
 .