Assertion: tower's structure | /r/CapableOf | stand for 20 years
Facets:
value: in order to recoup his investment
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Since Eiffel footed 80 percent of the tower’s construction costs, he was permitted to have the structure stand for 20 years in order to recoup his investment before it passed into the hands of the Parisian government, which planned to disassemble it for scrap metal.