Predicate: accelerate

Roleset id: accelerate.01 , make be faster, the act of speeding up, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

accelerate.01: ACCELERATE-V NOTES: Frames file for 'accelerate' based on sentences in financial subcorpusand automatic expansion via verbnet. (from accelerate.01-v predicate notes) ACCELERATION-N NOTES: Based on sentences in Bolt. Comparison to accelerate.01. Accelerate.01 is a member of VN class 45.4-other_cos. No FN class. Framed by Katie. (from acceleration.01-n)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
accelerate (v.)
acceleration (n.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: agent, causing acceleration (vnrole: 45.4-agent)
        Arg1-PPT: thing accelerating (vnrole: 45.4-patient)
        Arg2-EXT: EXT
        Arg3-DIR: start point
        Arg4-GOL: end point

Example: ergative, no other args

        person: third,  tense: present,  aspect: progressive,  voice: active,  form: participle

        That's up from about 687 a month in 1985, and it's accelerating: So far this month, foreclosures are averaging about 85 a day.

        Arg1: it
        Rel: accelerating

Example: with start point

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

        The stock's decline accelerated in the past two weeks, from a price of $8 a share on Oct. 9.

        Arg1: The stock's decline
        Rel: accelerated
        Argm-tmp: in the past two weeks
        Arg3: from a price of $8 a share on Oct. 9

Example: with adverbial extent

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

        The size and pace of disbursements will accelerate further under the Brady Plan, which promises larger and earlier disbursements to approved countries.

        Arg1: The size and pace of disbursements
        Argm-mod: will
        Rel: accelerate
        Arg2: further
        Argm-loc: under the Brady Plan, which promises larger and earlier disbursements to approved countries

Example: with agent

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

        Earlier this month, Staples Inc., a Newton, Mass., office-supplies discounter, said it would accelerate expansion plans nationwide and offer more of its stock to the public.

        Arg0: it
        Argm-mod: would
        Rel: accelerate
        Arg1: expansion plans
        Argm-loc: nationwide

Example: with end point

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

        Final-hour trading accelerated to 108.1 million shares, a record for the Big Board.

        Arg1: Final-hour trading
        Rel: accelerated
        Arg4: to 108.1 million shares, a record for the Big Board

Example: many argms

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns

        The quake has the highest peak ground acceleration ever recorded.

        Argm-adj: highest
        Argm-adj: peak
        Argm-loc: ground
        Rel: acceleration

Example: with args

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns

        The egg's acceleration due to gravity caused it to smash upon impact with the ground.

        Arg1: The egg's
        Rel: acceleration
        Arg0: due to gravity