Predicate: catapult

catapult: Frames file for 'catapult' based on sentences in wsj. Verbnet entry 17.1, Framenet entry Cause to move.

Roleset id: catapult.01 , throw very energetically, vncls: 17.1, framnet:

catapult.01: I suppose the latter example is properly a different roleset/sense, meaning "increase dramatically".

Roles:

        Arg0: thrower (vnrole: 17.1-Agent)
        Arg1: thing thrown (vnrole: 17.1-Patient)
        Arg2: thrown at, to, over, etc (vnrole: 17.1-Destination)

Example: typical usage

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

        For Mitsubishi Estate, the Rockefeller purchase will catapult it
        firmly into the overseas real estate business, the one area where
        it has lagged notably behind Japanese competitors such as Mitsui,
        which had purchased the Exxon Building.

        ArgM-ADV: For Mitsubishi Estate
        Arg0: the Rockefeller purchase
        Rel: catapult
        Arg1: it
        ArgM-MNR: firmly
        Arg2: into the overseas real estate business, the one area where it has lagged notably behind Japanese competitors such as Mitsui, which had purchased the Exxon Building

Example: nasty ergative usage

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

        Orders for military goods usually catapult in September,
        government officials say, as the Pentagon scrambles to spend its
        money before the new fiscal year begins Oct. 1.

        Arg1: Orders for military goods
        ArgM-TMP: usually
        Rel: catapult
        ArgM-TMP: in September
        ArgM-TMP: as the Pentagon scrambles to spend its money before the new fiscal year begins Oct. 1