Predicate: reduction
Roleset id: reduction.01 , lessening, vncls: 76 42.3, framnet: Cause_expansion , Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale
reduction.01: Added by Julia based on reduce-v.01. Corresponds to VNcls limit-76, subjugate-42.3.
Roles:
Arg0: agent/cause (vnrole: 76-cause, 42.3-agent)
Arg1: thing being reduced (vnrole: 76-patient, 42.3-patient)
Arg2: ext, amount fallen
Arg3: start point
Arg4: end point, end state of arg1 (vnrole: 76-proposition)
Example: args 1 and 2
a 24 % reduction in its work force over the next two months
Arg2: 24 %
Rel: reduction
Arg1: in its work force
Argm-tmp: over the next two months
Example: args 0 and 1
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: ns
Mr. Dillow said he believes that a reduction in raw material stockbuilding by industry could lead to a sharp drop in imports .
Rel: reduction
Arg1: in raw material stockbuilding
Arg0: by industry
Example: args 2 and 3
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: ns
That could pose a problem trying to meet a 10 percent reduction from last winter's average water usage.
Arg2: 10 percent
Rel: reduction
Arg3: from last winter's average water usage
Example: args 1 and 4
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: ns
It may be that we have not explained by this method everything connected with vital phenomena, since their reduction to physical laws is as yet incomplete:
Arg1: their
Rel: reduction
Arg4: to physical laws