Frameset - ratchet-v

Predicate: ratchet_up

ratchet_up: Frames file for 'ratchet up' based on sentences in wsj. No Verbnet entry.

Roleset id: ratchet.01 , incremental growth, vncls: , framnet:

ratchet.01: If ever is seen 'ratchet down' then this verb should not be phrasal, but rather the directional particle should be Arg5.

Roles:

        Arg0: cause of growth, agent
        Arg1: thing growing
        Arg2: EXT
        Arg3: start point
        Arg4: end point

Example: quasi-nominal

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

        But the 1989 fall total of 80, while well below 1988 activity,
        shows ``a steady ratcheting up in citizen referenda and
        initiatives,'' says Patrick McGuigan, editor of Family, Law and
        Democracy Report.

        ArgM-MNR: steady
        Rel: [ ratcheting] [ up]
        Arg1: in citizen referenda and initiatives

Example: most args

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

        Mary ratcheted up her beatings of John to once per week prior to
        the holidays.

        Arg0: Mary
        Rel: ratcheted up
        Arg1: her beatings of John
        Arg4: to once per week
        Argm-TMP: prior to the holidays