founder
founder.01 - sinking awkwardly
FOUNDER-V NOTES: Frames file for 'founder' based on sentences in wsj. No Verbnet entry, Framenet entry Bungling. (from founder.01-v predicate notes)Aliases:
founder (v.)
Roles:
ARG1-PPT: thing sinking
ARG2-CAU: prepositional cause
ARG2-CAU: prepositional cause
cause as argument
Free State Glass Industries of Warrenton , Va. , a small fabricator of architectural glassARG1
, was founderingrel
under its original managementARG2
.cause as adjunct
The sporty coupeARG1
founderedrel
in part because American buyers did n't go for the car 's unusual double - wing rear spoilerARGM-PNC
.