Roleset ignite.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "set on fire":

Roles:

Arg0:agent, firestarter


Arg1:thing now burning

Examples:

person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: ns form: infinitive


active (-)
This trend appears to be especially true at General Motors Corp., which [*T*-1] used both dealer and consumer incentives [*-3] to ignite sales in August and September.
Arg0:	[*-3] -> [*T*-1] -> which -> General Motors Corp.
REL:	ignite
Arg1:	sales
ArgM-TMP:	in August and September

person: third tense: past aspect: ns voice: passive form: participle


passive (-)
Chancellor of the Exchequer Nigel Lawson views the high rates as his chief weapon against inflation, which [*T*-2] was ignited [*-1] by tax cuts and loose credit policies in 1986 and 1987.
REL:	ignited
Arg1:	[*-1] -> [*T*-2] -> which -> inflation
Arg0-by:	tax cuts and loose credit policies
ArgM-TMP:	in 1986 and 1987