Roleset speed.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "(cause to) go fast":

Roles:

Arg0:causer of fast motion


Arg1:entity in motion

Examples:

lawbreaker (-)
John always speeds in his Chevette.
Arg1:	John
Argm-TMP:	always
REL:	speeds
Argm-LOC:	in his Chevette

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


with agent (-)
The Los Alamos laboratory is one of three U.S. Department of Energy national laboratories designed as pilot centers to foster joint industry-government programs [0] [*T*-1] to speed the transfer of new superconductors to the marketplace.
Arg0:	[*T*-1] -> [0] -> joint industry-government programs
REL:	speed
Arg1:	the transfer of new superconductors to the marketplace

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


with redundant directional (-)
The market's wild week may speed along the market-reform legislation that has been pending for months in the aftermath of the 1987 crash.
Arg0:	The market's wild week
Argm-MOD:	may
REL:	speed
Argm-DIR:	along
Arg1:	the market-reform legislation that has been pending for months in the aftermath of the 1987 crash

Roleset speed.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "speed up: accelerate, cause to move fast":

Roles:

Arg0:causer of fast motion


Arg1:entity in motion

Examples:

faster, pussycat! kill, kill! (-)
The withdrawal of New England Electric might speed up the reorganization process.
Arg0:	The withdrawal of New England Electric
Argm-MOD:	might
REL:	speed up
Arg1:	the reorganization process.

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