Assertion: tricycle | /r/CapableOf | provide the basis
Facets:
value: for further developments
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Nevertheless, Drais's velocipede provided the basis for further developments: in fact, it was a draisine which inspired a French metalworker around 1863 to add rotary cranks and pedals to the front-wheel hub, to create the first pedal-operated "bicycle" as we today understand the word.