Predicate: magnify
magnify: Frames file for 'magnify' based on sentences in financial
subcorpus. No access to verbnet. No comparison.
Roleset id: magnify.01 , make greater or bigger, vncls: 45.4, framnet:
magnify.01: It's possible, but unlikely, that this will be another quantifiable
increase verb like 'rise', but be on the lookout for examples with EXT
or start/end points.
Roles:
Arg0: causer of magnification (vnrole: 45.4-Agent)
Arg1: thing getting bigger/greater (vnrole: 45.4-Patient)
Example: passivized
A spokesman for the Stamford, Conn. based company said operations
had a loss of $5.5 million for the quarter; in addition, [the loss]-1
was magnified *trace*-1 by nonrecurring charges totaling $23.5
million and $8.2 million in asset-valuation adjustments that he
described as ``unusual.''
ArgM-DIS: in addition
Rel: magnified
Arg1: *trace*
Arg0: by nonrecurring charges totaling $23.5 million
and $8.2 million in asset-valuation adjustments that he
described as ``unusual