Predicate: swell
swell: Frames file for 'swell' based on sentences in financial subcorpus.
Roleset id: swell.01 , (cause to) grow larger, vncls: 45.5 45.6, framnet: Change_position_on_a_scale Expansion Cause_expansion Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale
swell.01: VN updated by Julia. Member of Vncls calibratable_cos-45.6-1, entity_specific_cos-45.5.
Roles:
Refer to other verbs of incremental motion (rise, drop, etc) for usage
of args 2 and 3.
Arg0: causal agent
Arg1: thing swelling (vnrole: 45.5-patient, 45.6-patient, 45.6-attribute)
Arg2: EXT (vnrole: 45.6-extent)
Arg3: start point
Arg4: end point
Example: transitive
person: ns, tense: present, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
The drugstore chain reacted cautiously, saying the plan would
further swell its huge debt, which forced the company into Chapter
11 protection last year.
Arg0: the plan
Argm-mod: would
Argm-ext: further
Rel: swell
Arg1: its huge debt, which forced the company into Chapter 11 protection last year
Example: ergative, with end point
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
New York Stock Exchange volume swelled to 198,120,000 shares.
Arg1: New York Stock Exchange volume
Rel: swelled
Arg4: to 198,120,000 shares