Rolesets - founder

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

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
.