Predicate: boost

boost: Frames file for 'boost' based on survey of initial sentences of big corpus and comparison with 'raise'

Roleset id: boost.01 , push upwards, vncls: 102, framnet:

boost.01: For usage of the other numbered arguments refer to 'raise'

Roles:

        Arg0: causer of upward motion, Agent (vnrole: 102-Agent)
        Arg1: Logical subject, thing moving upward (vnrole: 102-Theme)
        Arg2: EXT, amount risen
        Arg3: start point
        Arg4: end point
        Argm: Medium

Example: simple transitive

        It is currently waiving management fees, which [*T*] boosts its yield.

        ArgM-RCL: which -> waiving management fees
        Arg0: [*T*]
        Rel: boosts
        Arg1: its yield

Example: with end point

        Such devices have boosted Japanese investment in mortgage-backed
        securities to more than 1% of the $900 billion in such instruments
        outstanding.

        Arg0: Such devices
        Rel: boosted
        Arg1: Japanese investment in mortgage-backed securities
        Arg4: to more than 1% of the $900 billion in such instruments outstanding.