Frameset - amount-v

Predicate: amount

amount: Frames file for 'amount' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. No verbnet entry. Comparison with 'total'.

Roleset id: amount.01 , sums to, vncls: , framnet: Amounting_to

Roles:

Arg1: thing(s) being counted
Arg2: count, total

Example: add it up

        Big Board volume amounted to 154,240,000 shares, down from 176.1
        million Tuesday.

        Arg1: Big Board volume
        Rel: amounted
        Arg2-to: to 154,240,000 shares , down from 176.1 million Tuesday

Roleset id: amount.02 , is equivalent to, vncls: , framnet:

amount.02: Really the second roleset id="amount.02" is just a metaphorical extension of the first, but the distinction is pretty clear.

Roles:

Arg1: focus
Arg2: ground, introduced by 'to'

Example: separate but not equal

        But in 1986, program traders received [what]-1 *trace*-1 amounted to an
        exemption from the uptick rule in certain situations, to make it
        easier to link the stock and futures markets.

        Arg1: *trace*-
        Rel: amounted
        Arg2: to an exemption from the uptick rule in certain situations