Roleset lower.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "go down, esp of financial usage":

Roles:

Arg0:entity moving something downward


Arg1:Logical subject, patient, thing going down


Arg2:EXT, amount gone down by


Arg3:start point


Arg4:end point, end state of arg1

Examples:

just transitive (-)
The upgrade reflected the 20% decline in shares of the bank since the firm lowered its rating in early October, based on the belief the stock had become expensive.
Arg0:	the firm
REL:	lowered
Arg1:	its rating
ArgM-TMP:	in early October
ArgM-CAU:	based on the belief the stock had become expensive




start and end points (-)
Standard & Poor's Corp. lowered the rating on Crossland's preferred stock to double-C from single-B-minus and placed it on CreditWatch for possible further downgrade.
Arg0:	Standard & Poor's Corp.
REL:	lowered
Arg1:	the rating on Crossland's preferred stock
Arg4-to:	double-C
Arg3-from:	single-B-minus




with EXT (-)
John lowered his expectations precisely 15.3598435%.
Arg0:	John
REL:	lowered
Arg1:	his expectations
Arg2-EXT:	precisely 15.3598435%