Predicate: launch

Roleset id: launch.01 , set off, introduce, bring up, start, take off, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

launch.01: LAUNCH-V NOTES: Based on financial subcorpus. Member of VNcls establish-55.5-1, throw-17.1-1-1. Comparison with 'introduce' (from launch.01-v) LAUNCH-N NOTES: Based on sentences in nouns-00040. Comparison to launch.01-v. VN class establish-55.5-1. Framed by Katie. (from launch.01-n)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
launch (v.)Activity_start Cause_begin_motion Launch_process Shoot_projectiles
launch (n.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: starter, agent (vnrole: 55.5-1-Agent, 17.1-1-1-Agent)
        Arg1-PPT: thing being launched (vnrole: 55.5-1-Theme, 17.1-1-1-Theme)

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

Example: frequently passivized

        For example, stock-index futures began trading in Chicago in 1982, and within two years they were [the fastest-growing futures contract]-1 ever launched *trace*-1.

        Argm-tmp: ever
        Rel: launched
        Arg1: *trace*

Example: might split up a constituent

        Separately, the Ontario Supreme Court said it will postpone indefinitely a ruling on [the lawsuit]-1 launched *trace*-1 by the University of Toronto against Connaught in connection with the Merieux bid.

        Rel: launched
        Arg1: *trace*
        Arg0: by the University of Toronto
        Argm-gol: against Connaught
        Argm-mnr: in connection with the Merieux bid

Example: Begin

        the launch of 1-2-3 Release 3, the upgraded spreadsheet software

        Rel: launch
        Arg1: of 1-2-3 Release 3 , the upgraded spreadsheet software

Example: take off

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns

        the ballistics launches of the other day

        Arg1: ballistics
        Rel: launches
        Argm-tmp: of the other day

Example: Start a venture

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns

        the recent launch of the St. Louis Sun

        Argm-tmp: recent
        Rel: launch
        Arg1: of the St. Louis Sun