Predicate: ratchet_up
Roleset id: ratchet_up.01 , incremental growth, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
ratchet_up.01: RATCHET_UP-V NOTES: If ever is seen 'ratchet down' then this verb should not be phrasal,but rather the directional particle should be Arg5. (from ratchet.01-v)
Aliases:
| Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
|---|
| ratchet_up (v.) | | |
Roles:
Arg0-PAG: cause of growth, agent
Arg1-PPT: thing growing
Arg2-EXT: EXT
Arg3-DIR: start point
Arg4-GOL: end point
Example: quasi-nominal
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: gerund
But the 1989 fall total of 80, while well below 1988 activity, shows ``a steady ratcheting up in citizen referenda and initiatives,'' says Patrick McGuigan, editor of Family, Law and Democracy Report.
Argm-mnr: steady
Rel: [ ratcheting] [ up]
Arg1: in citizen referenda and initiatives
Example: ARG0 and ARG4
They recently ratcheted it up from optional to important.
Arg0: They
Argm-tmp: recently
Rel: [ratcheted][up]
Arg1: it
Arg3: from optional
Arg4: to important.