Predicate: multiply
multiply: Frames file for 'multiply' based on sentences in wsj and automatic
expansion via verbnet. I'm rather doubting now that start and end points will be mentioned,
making this verb more analogous to the 'mathematics' sense of 'add'
than the 'increase' set of verbs.
Roleset id: multiply.01 , increase, vncls: 45.4 108-1, framnet:
Roles:
Arg0: causer of increase, agent (vnrole: 45.4-Agent, 108-1-Agent)
Arg1: thing increasing (vnrole: 45.4-Patient, 108-1-Theme)
Arg2: amount increased by, EXT or MNR
Arg3: start point
Arg4: end point
Example: mathematical
person: ns, tense: present, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
But he cautioned that Westmoreland's third quarter is typically
better than the fourth, so investors ``shouldn't just multiply the
third quarter by four'' and assume the same rate of improvement
can be sustained.
Arg0: investors
ArgM-MOD: should
ArgM-NEG: n't
ArgM-DIS: just
Rel: multiply
Arg1: the third quarter
Arg2: by four
Example: careful with passives
person: ns, tense: present, aspect: ns, voice: passive, form: participle
[The uncertainty]-1 was multiplied *trace*-1 by the persistent strength
of the dollar, traders said.
Rel: multiplied
Arg1: *trace*
Arg0: by the persistent strength of the dollar
Example: also ergative
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: infinitive
But [such highly leveraged transactions]-1 seemed *trace*-1 to have
multiplied this year, casting a pall over much of the junk
market.
Arg1: *trace*
Rel: multiplied
ArgM-TMP: this year
ArgM: casting a pall over much of the junk market