Roleset multiply.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "increase":

Roles:

Arg0:causer of increase, agent


Arg1:thing increasing


Arg2:amount increased by, EXT or MNR


Arg3:start point


Arg4:end point

Examples:

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


mathematical (-)
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

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


careful with passives (-)
The uncertainty was multiplied *trace* by the persistent strength of the dollar, traders said.
REL:	multiplied
Arg1:	*trace* -> The uncertainty
Arg0-by:	the persistent strength of the dollar

person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: ns form: infinitive


also ergative (-)
But such highly leveraged transactions seemed *trace* to have multiplied this year, casting a pall over much of the junk market.
Arg1:	*trace* -> such highly leveraged transactions
REL:	multiplied
ArgM-TMP:	this year
ArgM:	casting a pall over much of the junk market