Rolesets - downgrade

downgrade

downgrade.01 - replace

DOWNGRADE-V NOTES: Frames file for 'downgrade' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. No Verbnet entry. Reversal of 'upgrade'. (from downgrade.01-v predicate notes)

Aliases:

downgrade (v.)

Roles:

ARG0-PAG: replacer
ARG1-PPT: old thing
ARG2-PPT: new thing

all args

Edward M. Esber attributed the decline to reduced domestic revenue because of $ 4.9 million spent to
downgraderel
existing software inventoriesARG1
to the new database IV Version 1.1ARG2
.

downgrade.02 - worsen

DOWNGRADE-V NOTES: The 'improve' sense is really the same as the 'replace' sense with thetwo objective arguments merged. (from downgrade.02-v)

Aliases:

downgrade (v.)

Roles:

ARG0-PAG: causer of worsening, agent
ARG1-PPT: thing worsening
ARG2-EXT: amount, EXT
ARG3-DIR: start point
ARG4-GOL: end point

transitive

RecentlyARGM-TMP
itARG0
downgradedrel
its plantsARG1
so that it could make stain - resistant products with higher quality dyesARGM-PNC
.