Roleset compare.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "compare":

Roles:

Arg0:entity making comparison


Arg1:first item in comparison


Arg2:second item in comparison, usually prepositional

Examples:

DO NOT TAG--compare is being used as a preposition (or even a conjunction!) here. Only tag if there is a trace in the tree, as in the following two examples. You can tell it's not a verb because you can't add an adverb: "Apples compare well with oranges" but "*Apples are cheap, compared well to oranges."

common financial usage (-)
Transamerica said third-quarter gains were $10.2 million, compared with $6.4 million in the year earlier.




compare with (-)
October sales, compared *trace* with the previous month, ...
REL:	compared
Arg1:	*trace*=October sales
Arg2-with:	the previous month




compare to (-)
The strength of the US bond market compared *trace* to its foreign counterparts
REL:	compared
Arg1:	*trace*=The strength of the US bond market
Arg2-to:	its foreign counterparts




ergative compare with (-)
This compares with estimates that the US market is 4x as large as my house.
Arg1:	This
REL:	compares
Arg1-wit2:	estimates that the US market is 4x as large as my house.




with locative (-)
Its price is compared between the futures market and the stock market
Arg1:	Its price
REL:	is compared
Argm-LOC:	between the futures market and the stock market