Predicate: bolster
bolster: Frames file for 'bolster' based on sentences in financial
subcorpus. No access to verbnet. Comparison to 'stimulate' and
other verbs of increase.
Roleset id: bolster.01 , cause a (small) increase in, strengthen, vncls: , framnet:
bolster.01: This verb might also show start and end points like 'rise' etc, but I
doubt it. If they do appear, refer to 'rise' for proper arg numbering.
Roles:
Arg0: causer, agent
Arg1: thing increasing or strengthened
Arg2: amount increased, EXT
Example: transitive active
In addition to those measures, the company spent heavily earlier
this year to install displays at its customers' retail outlets --
[a strategy]-1 that Mr. Stein said *trace* has helped *trace*-1 bolster
awareness of the company's brands.
Arg0: *trace*-1
Rel: bolster
Arg1: awareness of the company's brands
Example: transitive passive
[London share prices]-2 were bolstered *trace*-2 largely by continued
gains on Wall Street and technical factors affecting demand for
London's blue-chip stocks.
Rel: bolstered
Arg1: *trace*-2
Arg0: by continued gains on Wall Street and technical factors affecting demand for London's blue-chip stocks
Example: with quantification
The company also said the transaction would bolster after-tax
earnings by $3.25 a share when completed.
Arg0: the transaction
Argm-mod: would
Rel: bolster
Arg1: after-tax earnings
Arg2-ext: by $3.25 a share
Argm-tmp: when completed