Predicate: activate

activate: Frames file for 'activate' based on sentences in wsj.

Roleset id: activate.01 , make active, vncls: 45.4, framnet: Change_operational_state

activate.01: Member of Vncls other_cos-45.4.

Roles:

        Arg0: activator (vnrole: 45.4-agent)
        Arg1: thing now active (vnrole: 45.4-patient)

Example: active

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

        If positioned over the brain's motor-control area, the hand-held
        electromagnets generate nerve impulses that-1 *trace*-1 zip down motor nerves
        and activate muscles, making, say, a finger twitch.

        Argm-slc: that -> nerve impulses
        Arg0: *trace*-1 (= that)
        Rel: activate
        Arg1: muscles
        Argm-adv: making, say, a finger twitch

Example: passive

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

        Once [*trace*-2]-1 activated *trace*-1, the card-2 would sit in the car's
        window, showing traffic wardens how much time the motorist could
        remain.

        Rel: activated
        Arg1: *trace*-1 (= *trace*-2 = the card)