Predicate: inflate

Roleset id: inflate.01 , cause to expand, stagnant growth accompanied by inflation, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

inflate.01: INFLATE-V NOTES: No comparison. Member of Vncls other_cos-45.4. Checked by Julia, 10/2010. (from inflate.01-v) STAGFLATION-N NOTES: Added by Julia based on BOLT-5, stagnate.01, inflation.01. No VNcls. (from stagflation.01-n) INFLATION-N NOTES: Updated by Julia. Member of Vncls Other_cos-45.4. (from inflation.01-n)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
stagflation (n.)
inflation (n.)Expansion Cause_expansion
inflate (v.)Expansion Cause_expansion

Roles:

        I have no idea if start/end points are likely to occur. (from stagflation.01-n)
        Arg0-PAG: causer of expansion, agent (vnrole: 45.4-agent)
        Arg1-PPT: thing grown (vnrole: 45.4-patient)
        Arg2-EXT: amount increased by, EXT or MNR
        Arg3-DIR: start point
        Arg4-GOL: end point

Example: straight transitive

        MiniScribe has said that its financial results for the past three fiscal years would have to be restated because of the allegedly fraudulent accounting and marketing practices that *trace* inflated revenues and net income.

        Arg0: *trace* (= that)
        Argm-slc: that -> the allegedly fraudulent accounting and marketing practices
        Rel: inflated
        Arg1: revenues and net income

Example: tricky EXT marker

        That compared with the year-earlier $1.25 billion, or $2.10 a share -- which *trace*-1 was inflated *trace*-1 by an unspecified amount from a payment by Fujitsu Ltd. relating to a software dispute.

        Rel: inflated
        Arg1: *trace* (= which)
        Argm-slc: which -> the year-earlier $1.25 billion, or $2.10 a share
        Arg2: by an unspecified amount from a payment by Fujitsu Ltd. relating to a software dispute

Example: ergative, with args 1-4

        person: third,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: participle

        My own student loan inflated over 320%, from $2500 to over $8000.

        Arg1: My own student loan
        Rel: inflated
        Arg2: over 320%
        Arg3: from $2500
        Arg4: to over $8000

Example: args 0, 2

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

        Well, worst is a pretty big accomplishment because that would mean he surpassed Jimmy Carter and his stagflation of 15% unemployment and 15% inflation...

        Arg0: his
        Rel: stagflation
        Arg2: of 15% unemployment and 15% inflation

Example: with TMP

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

        The main point to Reagan 's economic legacy was finally killing the stagflation of the 1970's , anyways though

        Rel: stagflation
        Argm-tmp: o the 1970's

Example: arg1

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

        And as the war drags on, our economy's stagflation will be even more pronounced and the Federal Reserve will have to raise interest rates ...

        Arg1: our economy's
        Rel: stagflation

Example: autogen2

        tuition inflation

        Arg1: tuition
        Rel: inflation

Example: with LOC

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

        West German inflation

        Argm-loc: West German
        Rel: inflation

Example: physical inflation with end-state

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

        Inflation of the balloon to different volumes

        Rel: inflation
        Arg1: of the balloon
        Arg4: to different volumes

Example: non-financial metaphorical inflation with end-state

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

        his inflation of the notion of "passing" to encompass all forms of such surgery

        Arg0: his
        Rel: inflation
        Arg1: of the notion of "passing"
        Arg4: to encompass all forms of such surgery

Example: with start and end states

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

        its inflation from a few hundred nests in the 1970s (when the population was decimated by DDT use) to over 450,000 today

        Arg1: its
        Rel: inflation
        Arg3: from a few hundred nests in the 1970s (when the population was decimated by DDT use)
        Arg4: to over 450,000 today

Example: with arg2

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

        ... outstripping both the initial 3 % inflation goal set by the government of Socialist Prime Minister...

        Arg2: 3 %
        Rel: inflation