Party_1

The individual or individuals that form the more prominent (i.e. agentive) party of the agreement, as compared with Party_2. That is, Party_1 is generally encoded as the External Argument of verbs, and peripheral FEs that do not make reference to the event itself generally make reference to Party_1. Thus Manner is construed to be that of Party_1, not necessarily that of Party_2 or the group of Parties as a whole. AOL 's agreement with the ACLU will soon expire , and renogotiation is not a real possibility .