Roleset decrease.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "go down incrementally":

Roles:

Arg0:causer of decline, agent


Arg1:thing decreasing


Arg2:amount decreased by, EXT or MNR


Arg3:start point


Arg4:end point

Examples:

transitive agentive (-)
Mr. Terra said in the filing that he sold the stock *trace* to decrease his position in the Evanston, Ill., banking concern.
Arg0:	*trace* -> he
REL:	decrease
Arg1:	his position in the Evanston, Ill., banking concern




passivized with start point (-)
The size of the issue was decreased *trace* from an originally planned $95.2 million.
REL:	decreased
Arg1:	*trace* -> The size of the issue
Arg3-from:	an originally planned $95.2 million




ergative, with extent (-)
Advertising volume at the company's 35 regional newspapers decreased 1.1%.
Arg1:	Advertising volume at the company's 35 regional newspapers
REL:	decreased
Arg2-EXT:	1.1%




ergative with start point (-)
Perhaps most prominent, Dow Chemical Co., which as of midyear had racked up eight consecutive record quarters, is expected to report that profit decreased in the latest quarter from a year earlier, if only by a shade.
Arg1:	profit
REL:	decreased
ArgM-TMP:	in the latest quarter
Arg3-from:	a year earlier
ArgM-MNR:	if only by a shade

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


with end point (-)
The number of people receiving regular state benefits in the week ended Sept. 30 decreased to a seasonally adjusted 2,202,000, or 2.2 % of those covered [*] by unemployment insurance, from 2,205,000 the previous week, when the insured unemployment rate also was 2.2 % [*T*-1].
Arg1:	The number of people receiving regular state benefits in the week ended Sept. 30
REL:	decreased
Arg4-to:	a seasonally adjusted 2,202,000, or 2.2 % of those covered [*] by unemployment insurance,
Arg3-from:	2,205,000 the previous week, when the insured unemployment rate also was 2.2%