Predicate: launch

Roleset id: launch.01 , set off, vncls: 55.5-1 17.1-1-1, framnet: Activity_start , Cause_begin_motion , Launch_process , Shoot_projectiles

launch.01: Based on financial subcorpus. Member of VNcls establish-55.5-1, throw-17.1-1-1. Comparison with 'introduce'

Roles:

        Arg0: starter, agent (vnrole: 55.5-1-agent, 17.1-1-1-agent)
        Arg1: thing being launched (vnrole: 55.5-1-theme, 17.1-1-1-theme)

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
        Argm-gol: against Connaught
        Argm-mnr: in connection with the Merieux bid