Roleset degenerate.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "become bad":

Roles:

Arg0:causer of something becoming bad (rarely or never occuring)


Arg1:thing getting worse


Arg2:EXT


Arg3:start point


Arg4:end point

Examples:

person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: ns form: infinitive


usually with just end point (-)
Demonstrations are particularly apt *trace* to degenerate into criminal conduct when they leave the site of the grievance and become mobile.
Arg1:	*trace* -> Demonstrations
REL:	degenerate
Arg4-into:	criminal conduct




explicit start state (-)
Customers degenerate from borrowers to savers/investors.
Arg1:	Customers
REL:	degenerate
Arg3-from:	borrowers
Arg4-to:	savers/investors