<def-root>An <fen>Agent</fen> or non-human <fen>Cause</fen> causes an <fen>Item</fen> to change its physical size. The <fen>Size_change</fen> of an <fen>Item</fen> may be explicitly indicated or characterized in terms of <fen>Initial_size</fen> and/or <fen>Result_size</fen>. In the default case, expansion is along all dimensions, but sometimes the <fen>Dimension</fen> of expansion is incorporated or made explicit.
<ex>If the design crashes too often, then try <t>lengthening</t> <fex name="Item">the wings</fex> <fex name="Size_change">by a few centimeters</fex>, <fex name="Result_size">to perhaps 30cm total</fex>. <fex name="Agent">CNI</fex> <fex name="Dimension">INI</fex> </ex>
<ex>As the juice churned with natural process of changing into wine, <fex name="Cause">the gas it created</fex> would <t>expand</t> <fex name="Item">the balloon</fex>, and when the balloon eventually deflated, it was ready to drink.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>With some words in this frame, an <fen>Agent</fen> who causes the change in size of the <fen>Item</fen> may be present. The <fen>Agent</fen> typically occurs as the External Argument of a verb.
<ex><fex name="Agt">Management</fex> <t>expanded</t> the company.</ex> </def-root>
<def-root>The <fen>Item</fen> is frequently the External Argument of verbs or the NP Object if an <fen>Agent</fen> is expressed.
<ex><fex name="Item">The company</fex> <t>expanded</t>.</ex>
<ex>Management <t>expanded</t> <fex name="Item">the company</fex>.</ex> </def-root>
<def-root><fen>Initial_size</fen> is rarely expressed without <fen>Result_size</fen> also being explicit. <fen>Initial_size</fen> generally occurs in a PP-<ment>from</ment> Complement.
<ex>The glacier <t>shrank</t> <fex name="Initial">from 1km square</fex> to 400 square meters.</ex></def-root>
<def-root><fen>Result_size</fen> is typically expressed in a PP Complement headed by <ment>to</ment>.
<ex>I <t>grow</t> vegetables <fex name="Result">until they weigh 25 pounds</fex>.</ex> </def-root>
<def-root><fen>Size_change</fen> identifies the amount by which the size of an <fen>Item</fen> changes.
<ex>A <fex name="Sizec">2-3cm</fex> <t>expansion</t> in width is required.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>Change of size may be limited to or described in terms of a single <fen>Dimension</fen>.
<ex>The image was <t>enlarged</t> <fex name="Dim">in height</fex>.</ex>
<ex>The machinist <t>narrowed</t> the tube by 6 inches <fex name="Dim">in diameter</fex>.</ex> </def-root>
<def-root>This FE identifies the <fen>Means</fen> by which the <fen>Agent</fen> brings about the expansion of the <fen>Item</fen>.</def-root>
<def-root>This FE identifies the <fen>Manner</fen> of performing an action.</def-root>
<def-root>The feature that the size of the Item is varied in step with.
<ex>I <t>narrowed</t> the viewport <fex name="Co_Var">with the increasing glare</fex>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>This FE identifies the <fen>Group</fen> in which an <fen>Item</fen> changes size.
<ex>Tails <t>lengthened</t> 10% <fex name="Grp">among rats more than 3 days old</fex>.</ex>
</def-root>
<def-root><fen>Rate</fen> identifies the rate of change of the value.
<ex>The balloon <t>inflates</t> <fex name="Rate">about 2 cubic cm a minute</fex>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>The <fen>Cause</fen> is a non-human entity which brings about the change in size.</def-root>
<def-root>The <fen>Elapsed_time</fen> is the amonut of time in which the change occurs.
<ex><fex name="Item">The sun</fex> would <t>shrink</t> <fex name="Result_size">to a point</fex> <fex name="Elapsed_time">in a matter of minutes</fex>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>This FE identifies the <fen>Time</fen> when the <fen>Agent</fen> causes the <fen>Item</fen> to expand.</def-root>
<def-root>This FE identifies the <fen>Place</fen> where the <fen>Agent</fen> cause the expansion of the <fen>Item</fen>.</def-root>
<def-root>The <fen>Explanation</fen> denotes a proposition from which the main clause (headed by the target) logically follows. This often means that the <fen>Explanation</fen> causes the target's proposition, but not in all cases.</def-root>
<def-root>This FE identifies the <fen>Purpose</fen> for which the <fen>Agent</fen> causes the expansion of the <fen>Item</fen>.</def-root>
<def-root>This FE identifies the <fen>Instrument</fen> with which the <fen>Agent</fen> causes the expansion of the <fen>Item</fen>.</def-root>
Transitive_action
Expansion
FN: the result of causing something to seem greater.
FN: the action of augmenting.
COD: the process of contracting [decreasing in size, number, or range].
FN: make wider, larger, or more open.
COD: make or become bigger.
FN: to act of causing something to grow larger
FN: to cause something to become larger in any dimension
COD: the action or an instance of expanding.
FN: the act of getting bigger
COD: to expand or cause to expand by filling with air or gas.
COD: make or become longer.
COD: making appear larger than it is
COD: make (something) appear larger than it is, especially with a lens or microscope.
COD: the action or fact of reducing something.
COD: become or make smaller in size or amount; contract
FN: to make an entity greater size
COD: make or become wider.
COD: to become narrower
FN: cause to increase in size
COD: inflate or enlarge something.
FN: cause something to increase in surface area often by pulling apart from opposite sides.
FN: to press together or condense
FN: the act of compressing, or state of being compressed
FN: to make more dense or compact