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<frameset>
<predicate lemma="initiate">
<note>
  Frames file for 'initiate' based on survey of initial sentences of big
  corpus and comparison with 'start'.  Actually, this whole frameset
  was created by copying 'start' and replacing all the 'start's with
  'initiate's.  The examples are a little funky.
</note>

<roleset id="initiate.01" name="begin" vncls="55.2">
<roles>
  <role descr="causer" n="0">
	<vnrole vncls="55.2" vntheta="Agent"/></role>
  <role descr="Theme(-Creation)" n="1">
	<vnrole vncls="55.2" vntheta="Theme"/></role>
  <role descr="Instrument" n="2"/>
</roles>

<example name="basic transitive">
  <text>John initiated a book</text>
  <arg n="0">John</arg>
  <rel>initiated</rel>
  <arg n="1">a book</arg>
</example>

<note>transitive variations follow</note>

<example name="transitive-with">
  <text>John initiated the book with a murder</text>
  <arg n="0">John</arg>
  <rel>initiated</rel>
  <arg n="1">the book</arg>
  <arg n="2">with a murder</arg>
</example>

<example name="transitive-by">
  <text> John initiated the book by describing a murder </text>
  <arg n="0">John</arg>
  <rel>initiated</rel>
  <arg n="1">the book</arg>
  <arg n="2">describing a murder</arg>
  <note>Arg0 begin Arg1 by Arg2</note>
</example>

<example name="instrumental object">
	<text>The book initiated with a murder</text>
  <arg n="1">The book</arg>
  <rel>initiated</rel>
  <arg n="2">with a murder</arg>
</example>

<example name="instrumental subject">
	<text>A murder initiated the book</text>
  <arg n="2">A murder</arg>
  <rel>initiated</rel>
  <arg n="1">the book</arg>
</example>

<example name="with manner">
	<text>John initiated the book with glee</text>
  <arg n="0">John</arg>
  <rel>initiated</rel>
  <arg n="1">the book</arg>
  <arg f="MNR" n="M">with glee</arg>
</example>

<example name="with manner again">
	<text>John initiated the book gladly</text>
  <arg n="0">John</arg>
  <rel>initiated</rel>
  <arg n="1">the book</arg>
  <arg f="MNR" n="M">gladly</arg>
</example>

<example name="with temporal">
	<text>John initiated the book last night</text>
  <arg n="0">John</arg>
  <rel>initiated</rel>
  <arg n="1">the book</arg>
  <arg f="TMP" n="M">last night</arg>
</example>

<example name="intransitive/inchoative">
  <note>Arg1 initiated</note>
  <text>A storm initiated</text>
  <arg n="1">A storm</arg>
  <rel>initiated</rel>
  <note>similarly: The movie will initiate soon</note>
</example>

</roleset>


</predicate>
</frameset>
