Predicate: provoke
Roleset id: provoke.01 , cause (us. emotional reaction), vncls: 31.1 27, framnet: Cause_to_start
provoke.01: Member of Vncls amuse-31.1, engender-27. VN, FN updated by Julia, 10/2010.
Roles:
Arg0: causer (vnrole: 31.1-cause, 27-theme1)
Arg1: thing provoked, or reaction when separate secondary impelled agent is present (vnrole: 31.1-experiencer, 27-theme2, 27-predicate)
Arg2: secondary impelled agent, when separate from reaction (vnrole: 31.1-experiencer, 27-theme2)
Example: basic case
person: ns, tense: present, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
Economists say a buildup in inventories can provoke cutbacks in
production that can lead to a recession.
Arg0: a buildup in inventories
Argm-mod: can
Rel: provoke
Arg1: cutbacks in production that can lead to a recession
Example: misparsed object
person: third, tense: present, aspect: perfect, voice: active, form: participle
The compromise bill passed the House last week but has now
provoked jurisdictional fights with the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee, which jealously protects its prerogatives over
operations at the State Department.
Arg0: The compromise bill
Argm-tmp: now
Rel: provoked
Arg1: [ jurisdictional fights] [ with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which jealously protects its prerogatives over operations at the State Department]
Example: with separate secondary impelled agent
person: ns, tense: present, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
To say that the Pentagon should act irresponsibly because acting
responsibly will provoke Congress into acting irresponsibly leads
to the conclusion that the Pentagon should deliberately
exaggerate its needs in the national interest; in other words,
that it is justified in committing a crime -- lying to Congress
-- because it is morally superior.
Arg0: acting responsibly
Argm-mod: will
Rel: provoke
Arg2: Congress
Arg1: into acting irresponsibly