Roleset decline.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "fall":

Roles:

Arg1:Logical subject, patient, thing declining


Arg2:EXT, amount declined by


Arg3:start point


Arg4:end point, end state of arg1


ArgM-LOC:medium

Examples:

unaccusative (-)
..if interest rates decline
Arg1:	interest rates
REL:	decline




with EXT (-)
Backlogs declined 0.3%
Arg1:	Backlogs
REL:	declined
Arg2:	0.2%




with EXT and end point (-)
Its net income declining 42% to $121 million in the first 9 months of 1989
Arg1:	Its net income
REL:	declining
Arg2:	42%
Arg4-to:	to $121 million
ArgM-TMP:	in the first 9 months of 1989

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


with start point (-)
But she expects prices to rebound soon and is telling investors she expects the stock market won't decline more than 10 % to 15 % [*U*] from recent highs.
Arg1:	the stock market
Argm-MOD:	wo
Argm-NEG:	n't
REL:	decline
Arg2-EXT:	more than 10 % to 15 % [*U*]
Arg3-from:	recent highs

Roleset decline.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "demure, turn down":

Roles:

Arg0:entity turning down


Arg1:thing turned down

Examples:

arg1 as verbal (-)
A spokesman declined *trace=spokesman* to elaborate
Arg0:	A spokesman
REL:	declined
Arg1:	*trace=spokesman* to elaborate




Arg1 as NP (-)
A Johnson & Johnson spokesman declined comment.
Arg0:	A Johnson & Johnson spokesman
REL:	decliented
Arg1:	comment