Frameset - ignite-v

Predicate: ignite

Frames file for 'ignite' based on sentences in wsj. Verbnet entry 45.4.

Roleset id: ignite.01 , set on fire, vncls: 45.4

Roles:

Arg0: agent, firestarter
Arg1: thing now burning

Example: active

        person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: infinitive

        This trend appears to be especially true at General Motors Corp.,
        which [*T*-1]-3 used both dealer and consumer incentives [*-3] to
        ignite sales in August and September.

        Arg0 : [*-3]
        ArgM-RCL : which -> General Motors Corp.
        Rel : ignite
        Arg1 : sales
        ArgM-TMP : in August and September

Example: passive

        person: third, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: passive, form: participle

        Chancellor of the Exchequer Nigel Lawson views the high rates as
        his chief weapon against inflation, which [*T*-2]-1 was ignited
        [*-1] by tax cuts and loose credit policies in 1986 and 1987.

        Rel : ignited
        Arg1 : [*-1]
        ArgM-RCL : which -> inflation
        Arg0 : by tax cuts and loose credit policies
        ArgM-TMP : in 1986 and 1987