Predicate: accelerate
Frames file for 'accelerate' based on sentences in financial subcorpus
and automatic expansion via verbnet.
Roleset id: accelerate.01 , make be faster, vncls: 45.4
Roles:
Arg0: agent, causing acceleration
Arg1: thing acceleration
Arg2: EXT
Arg3: start point
Arg4: end point
Example: ergative, no other args
person: third, tense: present, aspect: progressive, voice: active, form: participle
That's up from about 687 a month in 1985, and it's accelerating:
So far this month, foreclosures are averaging about 85 a day.
Arg1 : it
Rel : accelerating
Example: with start point
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
The stock's decline accelerated in the past two weeks, from a
price of $8 a share on Oct. 9.
Arg1 : The stock's decline
Rel : accelerated
ArgM-TMP : in the past two weeks
Arg3 : from a price of $8 a share on Oct. 9
Example: with adverbial extent
person: ns, tense: present, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
The size and pace of disbursements will accelerate further under
the Brady Plan, which promises larger and earlier disbursements to
approved countries.
Arg1 : The size and pace of disbursements
ArgM-MOD : will
Rel : accelerate
Arg2-MNR : further
ArgM-LOC : under the Brady Plan, which promises larger and earlier disbursements to approved countries
Example: with agent
person: ns, tense: present, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
Earlier this month, Staples Inc., a Newton, Mass., office-supplies
discounter, said it would accelerate expansion plans nationwide
and offer more of its stock to the public.
Arg0 : it
ArgM-MOD : would
Rel : accelerate
Arg1 : expansion plans
ArgM-LOC : nationwide
Example: with end point
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
Final-hour trading accelerated to 108.1 million shares, a record
for the Big Board.
Arg1 : Final-hour trading
Rel : accelerated
Arg4 : to 108.1 million shares, a record for the Big
Board