Predicate: expand

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

Roleset id: expand.01 , (cause to) grow, vncls: 45.4, framnet: Expansion , Cause_expansion

Roles:

        Arg0: causer of growth, agent (vnrole: 45.4-agent)
        Arg1: thing grown (vnrole: 45.4-patient)
        Arg2: amount increased by, EXT or MNR
        Arg3: start point
        Arg4: end point

Example: agentive

        Japan-1 has to *trace*-1 expand its functions in Asia.

        Arg0: *trace*
        Rel: expand
        Arg1: its functions in Asia

Example: besuboru

        The strike zone expands depending on the size of the batter.

        Arg1: The strike zone
        Rel: expands
        Argm-adv: depending on the size of the batter

Example: abstract event

        The trace looks back to the entire event of naming James Pate to the board, but there is no syntactic node which holds this in exclusion to the expand predicate. Nor would it be correct to link the trace to James Pate, because he is not expanding the board--whoever named him --> --to the board is the one causing the expansion. Thus a naked trace.
        James L. Pate was named a director of this oil concern, *trace*
        expanding the board to 14 members.

        Arg0: *trace*
        Rel: expanding
        Arg1: the board
        Arg4: to 14 members