Predicate: escalate

Roleset id: escalate.01 , (cause to) become higher, (causing to) become higher or more intense, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

escalate.01: ESCALATE-V NOTES: I'm really hoping this doesn't fall into the quantifiable-motion class. (from escalate.01-v) ESCALATION-N NOTES: Added by Julia based on BOLT, escalate-v.01. No Vncls. (from escalation.01-n)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
escalate (v.)
escalation (n.)Change_position_on_a_scale

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: causer
        Arg1-PPT: thing becoming higher

Example: agentive

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

        Analysts said they expect McCaw to escalate the bidding again.

        Arg0: McCaw
        Rel: escalate
        Arg1: the bidding
        ArgM-TMP: again

Example: ergative

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

        ...reminiscent of those during the 1987 crash -- that as stock prices plummeted and trading activity escalated, some phone calls to market makers in over-the-counter stocks went unanswered.

        Arg1: trading activity
        Rel: escalated

Example: with ADJ

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

        it would quite an amazing escalation if Israel used nuclear bombs on Iran .

        Argm-adj: amazing
        Rel: escalation

Example: both args

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

        U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke issued the following statement on Iceland?s decision to resume international trade in fin whale meat, and its escalation of commercial whaling outside of the control of the International Whaling Commission (IWC).

        Arg0: its
        Rel: escalation
        Arg1: of commercial whaling
        Argm-loc: outside of the control of the international Whaling Commission (IWC)