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<frameset>
<predicate lemma="stimulate">
<note>
  Frames file for 'stimulate' based on sentences in financial
  subcorpus.  No access to verbnet.  Comparison to 'spark'.
</note>

<roleset id="stimulate.01" name="cause an increase (in interest, etc)" vncls="31.1">
<roles>
  <role descr="cause of increase" n="0">
	<vnrole vncls="31.1" vntheta="Cause"/></role>
  <role descr="thing increasing" n="1">
	<vnrole vncls="31.1" vntheta="Experiencer"/></role>
  <role descr="instrument, if agent also present" n="2"/>
</roles>

<example name="passive">
<text>
    Teikoku Oil, also stimulated *trace* by rumors of speculative
    buying, advanced 100 yen to 1,460. 
</text>
        <arg f="DIS" n="M">also</arg>
        <rel>stimulated</rel>
        <arg n="1">*trace* -&gt;  Teikoku Oil</arg>
        <arg f="by" n="0">rumors of speculative buying</arg>
</example>


<example name="active">
<text>
    Unless the Federal Reserve eases interest rates soon *trace* to
    stimulate the economy, profits could remain disappointing. 
</text>
        <arg n="0">*trace* -&gt;  interest rates</arg>
        <rel>stimulate</rel>
        <arg n="1">the economy</arg>
</example>

<note>
As in difficult cases like the second one above, it can be very
difficult to distinguish between agents and instruments.  So don't
try.  Only use the 'instrument' arg when there is also an 'agent'
present, as in the following:
</note>

<example name="with instrument">
  <text>
    John stimulated interest in his collection of bottle caps by
    throwing them at passers-by.
  </text>
  <arg n="0">John</arg>
  <rel>stimulated</rel>
  <arg n="1">interest in his collection of bottle caps</arg>
  <arg f="by" n="2">throwing them at passers-by</arg>
</example>


</roleset>
</predicate>
</frameset>
