Predicate: inflate

inflate: Frames file for 'inflate' based on sentences in financial subcorpus.

Roleset id: inflate.01 , cause to expand, vncls: 45.4, framnet: Expansion Cause_expansion

inflate.01: No comparison. Member of Vncls other_cos-45.4. Checked by Julia, 10/2010.

Roles:

        Arg0: causer of expansion, 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: straight transitive

        MiniScribe has said that its financial results for the past three
        fiscal years would have to be restated because of the allegedly
        fraudulent accounting and marketing practices that *trace*
        inflated revenues and net income.

        Arg0: *trace* (= that)
        Argm-slc: that -> the allegedly fraudulent accounting and marketing practices
        Rel: inflated
        Arg1: revenues and net income

Example: tricky EXT marker

        That compared with the year-earlier $1.25 billion, or $2.10 a
        share -- which *trace*-1 was inflated *trace*-1 by an unspecified
        amount from a payment by Fujitsu Ltd. relating to a software
        dispute.

        Rel: inflated
        Arg1: *trace* (= which)
        Argm-slc: which -> the year-earlier $1.25 billion, or $2.10 a share
        Arg2: by an unspecified amount from a payment by Fujitsu Ltd. relating to a software dispute

Example: ergative, with args 1-4

        person: third,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: participle

        My own student loan inflated over 320%, from $2500 to over $8000.

        Arg1: My own student loan
        Rel: inflated
        Arg2: over 320%
        Arg3: from $2500
        Arg4: to over $8000