Predicate: precipitate
Roleset id: precipitate.01 , to cause to happen, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
precipitate.01: PRECIPITATE-V NOTES: Frames file for 'precipitate' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus. (from precipitate.01-v predicate notes) PRECIPITATION-N NOTES: Added by Julia for unification
Aliases:
Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
precipitation (n.) | | |
precipitate (v.) | | |
Roles:
        Arg0-PAG: cause
        Arg1-PPT: precipitated action
Example: transitive
        person: ns,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full
        The British press , [*-2] making a mountain out of a molehill , precipitated an unnecessary economic crisis by [*-2]portraying Mrs. Thatcher as an autocrat who [*T*-1] had thrown economic policy into confusion by [*-3] driving a respected figure from her government .
        Arg0: The British press
        Argm-adv: [*-2] making a mountain out of a molehill
        Rel: precipitated
        Arg1: an unnecessary economic crisis
        Argm-mnr: by [*-2] portraying Mrs. Thatcher as an autocrat who [*T*-1]had thrown economic policy into confusion by [*-3] driving a respected figure from her government
Roleset id: precipitate.02 , rain/snow/etc., Source: , vncls: , framnet:
precipitate.02: PRECIPITATE-V NOTES: Added by Julia for unification PRECIPITATION-N NOTES: Added by Julia based on BOLT. Corresponds to VNcls weather-57. (from precipitation.01-n)
Aliases:
Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
precipitation (n.) | Precipitation | |
precipitate (v.) | | |
Roles:
        Arg1-PPT: the watery substance falling from the sky
Example: TMP
        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns
        The amount of precipitation for December was a little ABOVE normal .
        Rel: precipitation
        Argm-tmp: for December