Rolesets - spur

spur

spur.01 - cause an increase (in interest, etc)

SPUR-V NOTES: Frames file for 'spur' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. No verbnet entry. Comparison to 'stimulate' (from spur.01-v predicate notes)

Aliases:

spur (v.)

Roles:

ARG0-PAG: cause of increase, agent
ARG1-PPT: thing increasing
ARG2-MNR: instrument, if agent is also present

instrumental subject

For the paper industry specifically , most analysts said
the dealARG2
willARGM-MOD
spurrel
a wave of paper - company takeovers , possibly involving such companies as Union Camp Corp. , Federal Paperboard Co. and Mead Corp.ARG1

passivized instrumental subject

This month 's Friday - the-13th market plungeARG1
spurredrel
by UAL newsARG2
was n't as bad for the Jacobson specialists as yesterday 's action .

agentive subject

Indeed , Winnebago said
itARG0
started `` several promotional programs '' to
spurrel
retail salesARG1
in the fall and winter .

ARG0 and ARG1

It 's not just the responsibility of schools and teachers to
spurrel
children 's interest in languageARG1
.