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:
| Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
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| 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