Predicate: stimulate

Roleset id: stimulate.01 , cause an increase (in interest, etc), etc.), Source: , vncls: , framnet:

stimulate.01: STIMULATE-V NOTES: Based on financial subcorpus. Comparison to 'spark'. Member of Vncls amuse-31.1, force-59-1. (from stimulate.01-v) STIMULATION-N NOTES: stimulate.01 (from stimulation.01-n)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
stimulation (n.)
stimulate (v.)Cause_to_start Experiencer_obj

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: cause of increase (vnrole: 31.1-Stimulus, 59-1-Agent)
        Arg1-PPT: thing increasing (vnrole: 31.1-Experiencer, 59-1-Patient)
        Arg2-MNR: instrument, if agent also present
        Arg3-PRD: end state of arg1 (vnrole: 59-1-Result)

Example: passive

        [Teikoku Oil]-1, also stimulated *trace*-1 by rumors of speculative buying, advanced 100 yen to 1,460.

        Argm-dis: also
        Rel: stimulated
        Arg1: *trace*-1
        Arg0: by rumors of speculative buying

Example: active

        Unless the Federal Reserve eases interest rates soon *trace* to stimulate the economy, profits could remain disappointing.

        Arg0: *trace*
        Rel: stimulate
        Arg1: the economy

Example: ARG0 and ARG1 and ARG2

        Most recently , the Bank Group has been expanded to include the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency to stimulate direct foreign investment in developing countries by offering guarantees against noncommercial risk and advice to member countries on how to improve their business climate .

        Arg0: the Bank Group
        Rel: stimulate
        Arg1: direct foreign investment in developing countries
        Arg2: by offering guarantees against noncommercial risk and advice to member countries on how to improve their business climate

Example: as induce, active

        person: ns,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full

        The very firmness of her convictions and logical clearness of her arguments captivated and stimulated him-2 [*-2] to make greater efforts ...

        Arg0: The very firmness of her convictions and logical clearness of her arguments
        Rel: stimulated
        Arg1: him
        Arg3: [*-2] to make greater efforts

Example: as induce, passive

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

        Without the decay of a sense of objective reference ( except as the imitation of mystery ) , [the stress on subjective invention]-1 would never have been stimulated [*-1]into being .

        Argm-adv: Without the decay of a sense of objective reference ( except as the imitation of mystery )
        Argm-mod: would
        Argm-neg: never
        Rel: stimulated
        Arg1: [*-1]
        Arg3: into being