Roleset amplify.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "make louder or greater":

Roles:

Arg0:causer of becoming louder


Arg1:thing becoming louder


Arg2:instrument, if separate from arg0

Examples:

person: ns tense: present aspect: ns voice: passive form: participle


transitive, passivized (-)
Moreover, the price volatility that *trace* is amplified *trace* by program trading is undercutting efforts to woo individual investors back to an OTC market that sorely misses them.
REL:	amplified
Arg1:	*trace* -> *trace* -> that -> the price volatility
Arg0-by:	program trading

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


with instrument (-)
John amplified his voice with a rolled-up piece of newspaper.
Arg0:	John
REL:	amplified
Arg1:	his voice
Arg2-with:	a rolled-up piece of newspaper

I'm hoping amplify does not appear in the "quantifiable motion" frame (ie rise).