Predicate: launch

Frames file for 'launch' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. No verbnet entry. Comparison with 'introduce'

Roleset id: launch.01 , introduce, bring up, start, vncls: 55.5-1

Roles:

        Arg0: starter, agent
        Arg1: thing being launched

Example: transitive

        DD Acquisition has launched a suit in a Delaware court seeking the
        withdrawal of Dunkin's poison pill rights and employee stock
        ownership plans.

        Arg0 : DD Acquisition
        Rel : launched
        Arg1 : a suit
        ArgM-LOC : in a Delaware court
        ArgM-ADV : seeking the withdrawal of Dunkin's poison pill rights and employee stock ownership plans

Example: frequently passivized

        For example, stock-index futures began trading in Chicago in 1982,
        and within two years they were [the fastest-growing futures
        contract]-1 ever launched *trace*-1.

        ArgM-TMP : ever
        Rel : launched
        Arg1 : *trace*

Example: might split up a constituent

        Separately, the Ontario Supreme Court said it will postpone
        indefinitely a ruling on [the lawsuit]-1 launched *trace*-1 by the
        University of Toronto against Connaught in connection with the
        Merieux bid.

        Rel : launched
        Arg1 : *trace*
        Arg0 : by the University of Toronto
        Arg1 : against Connaught
        ArgM-MNR : in connection with the Merieux bid