Roleset quadruple.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "rise fourfold":

Roles:

Arg0:causer of increase


Arg1:thing increasing, rising


Arg2:EXT, always unmentioned because it's 4x


Arg3:start point


Arg4:end point

Examples:

just transitive (-)
One person familiar with Georgia-Pacific said the acquisition would more than quadruple the company's debt of almost $3 billion.
Arg0:	the acquisition
ArgM-MOD:	would
ArgM-ADV:	more than
REL:	quadruple
Arg1:	the company's debt of almost $3 billion




with end point (-)
That purchase quadrupled Quebecor's annual printing revenue to $750 million.
Arg0:	That purchase
REL:	quadrupled
Arg1:	Quebecor's annual printing revenue
Arg4-to:	$750 million




start and end points, ergative (-)
Genentech Inc. said third-quarter profit more than quadrupled to $11.4 million, or 13 cents a share, from a depressed 1988 third-quarter performance of $5.3 million, or six cents a share.
Arg1:	third-quarter profit
ArgM-ADV:	more than
REL:	quadrupled
Arg4-to:	$11.4 million, or 13 cents a share,
Arg3-from:	a depressed 1988 third-quarter performance of $5.3 million, or six cents a share

Note the ADV tagging of modifiers such as "almost" or "more than".