Predicate: stimulate
Roleset id: stimulate.01 , cause an increase (in interest, etc), vncls: 31.1 59, framnet: Cause_to_start , Experiencer_obj
stimulate.01: Based on financial subcorpus. Comparison to 'spark'. Member of Vncls amuse-31.1, force-59-1.
Roles:
Arg0: cause of increase (vnrole: 31.1-cause, 59-agent)
Arg1: thing increasing (vnrole: 31.1-experiencer, 59-patient)
Arg2: instrument, if agent also present
Arg3: end state of arg1 (vnrole: 59-proposition)
Example: passive
[Teikoku Oil]-1, also stimulated *trace*-1 by rumors of speculative
buying, advanced 100 yen to 1,460.
Argm-dis: also
Rel: stimulated
Arg1: *trace*-1
Arg0: by rumors of speculative buying
Example: active
Unless the Federal Reserve eases interest rates soon *trace* to
stimulate the economy, profits could remain disappointing.
Arg0: *trace*
Rel: stimulate
Arg1: the economy
Example: with instrument
John stimulated interest in his collection of bottle caps by
throwing them at passers-by.
Arg0: John
Rel: stimulated
Arg1: interest in his collection of bottle caps
Arg2: by throwing them at passers-by
Example: as induce, active
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
The very firmness of her convictions and logical clearness of her arguments captivated and stimulated him-2 [*-2] to make greater efforts ...
Arg0: The very firmness of her convictions and logical clearness of her arguments
Rel: stimulated
Arg1: him
Arg3: [*-2] to make greater efforts
Example: as induce, passive
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: passive, form: participle
Without the decay of a sense of objective reference ( except as the imitation of mystery ) , [the stress on subjective invention]-1 would never have been stimulated [*-1] into being .
Argm-adv: Without the decay of a sense of objective reference ( except as the imitation of mystery )
Argm-mod: would
Argm-neg: never
Rel: stimulated
Arg1: [*-1]
Arg3: into being