escalate
escalate.01 - (cause to) become higher, (causing to) become higher or more intense
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:
escalate (v.)
escalation (n.)
escalation (n.)
Roles:
ARG0-PAG: causer
ARG1-PPT: thing becoming higher
ARG1-PPT: thing becoming higher
agentive
Analysts said they expect
McCawARG0
to escalaterel
the biddingARG1
againARGM-TMP
.ergative
... reminiscent of those during the 1987 crash -- that as stock prices plummeted and
trading activityARG1
escalatedrel
, some phone calls to market makers in over - the - counter stocks went unanswered .with ADJ
it would quite an
amazingARGM-ADJ
escalationrel
if Israel used nuclear bombs on Iran .both args
U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke issued the following statement on Iceland?s decision to resume international trade in fin whale meat , and
itsARG0
escalationrel
of commercial whalingARG1
outside of the control of the International Whaling Commission ( IWC )ARGM-LOC
.