Roleset accelerate.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "make be faster":

Roles:

Arg0:agent, causing acceleration


Arg1:thing acceleration


Arg2:EXT


Arg3:start point


Arg4:end point

Examples:

person: third tense: present aspect: progressive voice: active form: participle


ergative, no other args (-)
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

person: ns tense: past aspect: ns voice: active form: full


with start point (-)
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

person: ns tense: present aspect: ns voice: active form: full
Save EXT for numerical arguments (eg, 'by 15%')

with adverbial extent (-)
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

person: ns tense: present aspect: ns voice: active form: full


with agent (-)
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

person: ns tense: past aspect: ns voice: active form: full


with end point (-)
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