Rolesets - escalate

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.)

Roles:

ARG0-PAG: causer
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
.