Predicate: multiply

Roleset id: multiply.01 , increase, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

multiply.01: MULTIPLY-V NOTES: Frames file for 'multiply' based on sentences in wsj and automaticexpansion via verbnet.I'm rather doubting now that start and end points will be mentioned,making this verb more analogous to the 'mathematics' sense of 'add'than the 'increase' set of verbs. (from multiply.01-v predicate notes)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
multiply (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: causer of increase, agent (vnrole: 45.4-agent, 108-1-agent)
        Arg1-PPT: thing increasing or multiplier (vnrole: 45.4-patient, 108-1-theme)
        Arg2-EXT: amount increased by, EXT or multiplicand
        Arg3-DIR: start point
        Arg4-GOL: end point or product

Example: mathematical

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

        But he cautioned that Westmoreland's third quarter is typically better than the fourth, so investors ``shouldn't just multiply the third quarter by four'' and assume the same rate of improvement can be sustained.

        Arg0: investors
        Argm-mod: should
        Argm-neg: n't
        Argm-dis: just
        Rel: multiply
        Arg1: the third quarter
        Arg2: by four

Example: careful with passives

        person: ns,  tense: present,  aspect: ns,  voice: passive,  form: participle

        [The uncertainty]-1 was multiplied *trace*-1 by the persistent strength of the dollar, traders said.

        Rel: multiplied
        Arg1: *trace*
        Arg0: by the persistent strength of the dollar

Example: also ergative

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

        But [such highly leveraged transactions]-1 seemed *trace*-1 to have multiplied this year, casting a pall over much of the junk market.

        Arg1: *trace*
        Rel: multiplied
        Argm-tmp: this year
        Argm: casting a pall over much of the junk market