Frameset - precipitate-v

Predicate: precipitate

precipitate: Frames file for 'precipitate' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus.

Roleset id: precipitate.01 , to cause to happen, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

Arg0: cause
Arg1: 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