Roleset scale.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "change size":

Roles:

Arg0:agent, entity causing change in size


Arg1:thing changing size


Arg2:EXT, amount changed by


Arg3:start point


Arg4:end point


Arg5:direction, up or back

Examples:

passive with start point and direction (-)
The size of the issue was scaled *trace* back from an originally planned $350 million.
REL:	scaled
Arg1:	*trace* -> The size of the issue
Arg5-DIR:	back
Arg3-from:	an originally planned $ 350 million




active, ext, dir (-)
John scaled his expectations up dramatically after Mary told him she didn't completely hate him.
Arg0:	John
REL:	scaled
Arg1:	his expectations
Arg5-DIR:	up
Arg2-MNR:	dramatically
Argm-TMP:	after Mary told him she didn't completely hate him

I'd prefer to not view "scale back" or "scale up" as phrasal verbs because except for the particles the meanings and PAS's are identical.

Roleset scale.02 Verbnet Class: 1 "remove scales from a fish":

Roles:

Arg0:remover


Arg1:fish


Arg2:instrument

Examples:

Eeeeewwww (-)
John scaled the fish with a chainsaw.
Arg0:	John
REL:	scaled
Arg1:	the fish
Arg2-with:	a chainsaw

Roleset scale.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "climb, as a cliff":

Roles:

Arg0:climber


Arg1:cliff

Examples:

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


metaphorical cliffs (-)
Where '60s dropouts professed to scorn middle-class life and ambitious yuppies hoped to leave it far behind as they scaled the upper reaches of success, it now seems that so many people feel they're slipping between the cracks, that middle-class life is viewed with nostalgia or outright longing.
Arg0:	they
REL:	scaled
Arg1:	the upper reaches of success