Rolesets - endow

endow

endow.01 - give (often generously), act of giving

ENDOW-V NOTES: Frames file for 'endow' based on sentences in wsj. Verbnet entry 9.8. (from endow.01-v predicate notes)
ENDOWMENT-N NOTES: Based on Bolt sentence. Comparison to endow.01. Endow.01 is a member of VN class fill-9.8. No FN class. Framed by Katie. (from endowment.01-n)

Aliases:

endowment (n.)
endow (v.)

Roles:

ARG0-PAG: giver
ARG1-PPT: gift
ARG2-GOL: given-to

all args

So far ,
the presidentARG0
seems ill - disposed to substitute any of the omnibus for his own free - standing proposal to
endowrel
a `` Points of Light '' foundationARG2
with $ 25 millionARG1
to inform citizens of all ages and exhort them to genuine volunteerismARGM-PNC
.

giver and recipient

Some pretty seamy stuffARG0
built the turn - of - the - century families ' Fifth Avenue and Newport palazzi and
endowedrel
their daughters ' weddings to foreign noblemenARG2
.

passive, no giver

If mutation and natural selection slowly but surely give rise to more and more advanced forms of life , then it was only a matter of eons before
splendid beingsARG2
endowedrel
with reason , self - awareness and tasteARG1
shimmered onto the scene .

without specifying the gift itself

hisARG0
generousARGM-ADJ
endowmentrel
of the laboratoryARG2
came just in the nick of time