Roleset launch.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "introduce, bring up, start":

Roles:

Arg0:starter, agent


Arg1:thing being launched

Examples:

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:	seeking the withdrawal of Dunkin's poison pill rights and employee stock ownership plans




frequently passivized (-)
For example, stock-index futures began trading in Chicago in 1982, and within two years they were the fastest-growing futures contract ever launched *trace*.
ArgM-TMP:	ever
REL:	launched
Arg1:	*trace* -> the fastest-growing futures contract




might split up a constituent (-)
Separately, the Ontario Supreme Court said it will postpone indefinitely a ruling on the lawsuit launched *trace* by the University of Toronto against Connaught in connection with the Merieux bid.
REL:	launched
Arg1:	*trace* -> the lawsuit
Arg0-by:	the University of Toronto
Arg1-STR:	against Connaught
ArgM-MNR:	in connection with the Merieux bid