Predicate: escalate

escalate: Frames file for 'escalate' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. No Verbnet entry, no Framenet entry. Comparison with increase.

Roleset id: escalate.01 , (cause to) become higher, vncls: , framnet:

escalate.01: I'm really hoping this doesn't fall into the quantifiable-motion class.

Roles:

        Arg0: causer
        Arg1: thing becoming higher

Example: agentive

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: infinitive

        Analysts said they expect McCaw to escalate the bidding again.

        Arg0: McCaw
        Rel: escalate
        Arg1: the bidding
        ArgM-TMP: again

Example: ergative

        person: ns,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full

        ...reminiscent of those during the 1987 crash -- that as stock
        prices plummeted and trading activity escalated, some phone calls
        to market makers in over-the-counter stocks went unanswered.

        Arg1: trading activity
        Rel: escalated