<def-root>This frame consists of words that indicate that an <fen>Agent</fen> or a <fen>Cause</fen> affects the position of an <fen>Item</fen> on some scale (the <fen>Attribute</fen>) to change it from an initial value (<fen>Value_1</fen>) to an end value (<fen>Value_2</fen>). The direction of the change (<fen>Path</fen>) can be encoded as well as the magnitude of the change (<fen>Difference</fen>).
The rate of change of the value (<fen>Speed</fen>) can optionally be indicated as well as a second scale (<fen>Correlated_variable</fen>), which the values are correlated with.
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<ex><fex name="Agent">The company</fex> is <t>raising</t> <fex name="Attribute">the final dividend</fex> <fex name="Value_1">from 4.34p</fex> <fex name="Value_2">to 4.57p</fex>, to boost the total by 5.3 percent to 6.36p.</ex>
<ex>Similarly, a consumer boom will encourage <fex name="Agent">the authorities</fex> to <t>increase</t> <fex name="Attribute">interest rates</fex> <fex name="Purpose">in order to keep money supply on target</fex>.</ex>
<ex><fex name="Agent">United Way of Central Indiana</fex> <t>adds</t> <fex name="Attribute">value</fex> <fex name="Item">to your investment</fex>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>The person who causes an entity (Item) to change its positon on a scale with respect to some property (Variable).</def-root>
<def-root>The distance between the orginial value (Value-1) and the final value (Value-2) of the entity on the scale (Variable).
<ex><fex name="Agent">Coke</fex> <t>raised</t> <fex name="Variable">the price</fex> <fex name="Item">of their soda</fex> <fex name="Difference">by 2%</fex>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>The scale along which the <fen>Item</fen> ranges in value.
<ex><fex name="Agent">They</fex> <t>increased</t> <fex name="Attribute">the price of oil</fex>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>The initial value of the entity (<fen>Item</fen>) along the scale.</def-root>
<def-root>The final position on the scale that the entity (<fen>Item</fen>) assumes.</def-root>
<def-root>The <fen>Correlated_variable</fen> is the scale that the (dependent ) <fen>Attribute</fen> is measured against.
<ex>We <t>raise </t> the temperature <fex name="Correlated_variable">with the pressure</fex></ex></def-root>
<def-root>Any expression that says something about the movement of the entity (Item) along the scale between its initial (Value-1) and its final position (Value-2).
<ex>They <t>moved</t> <fex name="Path">up</fex> the price of oil.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>The rate at which the entity's positon on the scale changes.
<ex><fex name="Agent">Ford</fex> <fex name="Speed">slowly</fex> <t>raised</t> <fex name="Attribute">the price</fex> <fex name="Item">of their best-selling model</fex>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>The entity whose position along a scale is being changed.
<ex><fex name="Item">Oil</fex> prices were <t>raised</t> yesterday.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>An act performed by the <fen>Agent</fen> that brings about the change in the position of the <fen>Item</fen> on the scale.
<ex>They <t>increase</t> the price of diamonds <fex name="Mns">by withholding a sizable portion of the supply</fex>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>The purpose for which an intentional act is performed.
<ex>John <t>flattered</t> her <fex name="Purpose">to receive a raise</fex>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>When the event occurs.</def-root>
<def-root>The force that causes the change.
<ex><fex name="Cause">The rain</fex> <t>increased</t> the river's flow rate to an astonishing million gallons per second.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>Any description of the <fen>Agent</fen> changing the value of an <fen>Attribute</fen> which is not covered by more specific FEs, including secondary effects (quietly, loudly), and general descriptions comparing events (the same way). It may also indicate salient characteristics of an <fen>Agent</fen> that also affect the action (presumptuously, coldly, deliberately, eagerly, carefully). </def-root>
<def-root>The location where the <fen>Agent</fen> changes the value of an <fen>Attribute</fen>.
<ex>As a result, they <t>raised</t> prices <fex name="Place">in Peoria</fex>.</ex></def-root>
Transitive_action
Cause_proliferation_in_number
Change_position_on_a_scale
COD: make greater or larger
COD: make smaller or fewer in size, amount, intensity, or degree
COD: make smaller or less in amount, degree, or size
COD: the action or fact of reducing something
COD: make less in amount, extent, or value
COD: increase the amount, level, or strength of
FN: to make greater in value
FN: the act of moving up on a scale
FN: to make less.
COD: reduce the amount or quantity of
COD: a reduction in amount or size.
FN: cause the position to change
COD: reduce in extent or quantity.
COD: reduce the price of an article.
COD: increase the amount, speed, or intensity of something.
FN: force to change position
FN: a change in position caused by some force.
COD: increase the activity of
FN: cause to increase (Biology)
FN: increase a value or attribute
FN: the process of growth of an entity from one position on a scale to a higher position
FN: to increase in intensity
FN: greatly reduce
FN: to make lower
FN: to cause something to become twice as much as it was previously
FN: to increase the amount, level, or strength of (something)