Roleset precipitate.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "to cause to happen":

Roles:

Arg0:cause


Arg1:precipitated action

Examples:

person: ns tense: past aspect: ns voice: active form: full


transitive (-)
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