Predicate: conform

Roleset id: conform.01 , (cause) to be similar, comply, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

conform.01: CONFORM-V NOTES: Frames file for 'conform' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus. Comparison with 'follow'. (from conform.01-v predicate notes)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
conform (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: causer of similarity (vnrole: 26.9-Agent)
        Arg1-PPT: entity conforming (vnrole: 26.9-Patient)
        Arg2-GOL: entity conforming to (vnrole: 26.9-Goal)

Example: transitive

        person: third,  tense: present,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full

        `` This conforms to the ` soft landing ' scenario , '' said [*T*-1] Elliott Platt , an economist at Donaldson , Lufkin& Jenrette Securities Corp .

        Arg1: This
        Rel: conforms
        Arg2: to the ` soft landing ' scenario

Example: with temporal adverbial

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

        Americans-1 are expected [*-1] to conform to the Japanese culture when [*-3]in Japan [*T*-2] .

        Arg1: [*-1]
        Rel: conform
        Arg2: to the Japanese culture
        ArgM-TMP: when [*-3] in Japan [*T*-2]

Example: conform with

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

        Responses-1 were weighted [*-1] on the basis of age and gender [*-1]to conform with U.S. Census data .

        Arg1: [*-1]
        Rel: conform
        Arg2: with U.S. Census data

Example: with agent

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: participle

        The Committee on Federal Regulation of Securities for the American Bar Association argues, for example, in its lengthy letter to the SEC, that [the proposed changes]-1 ``would substantially improve the [law]by [*-1] conforming it more closely to contemporary business realities.''

        Arg0: [*-1]
        Rel: conforming
        Arg1: it
        ArgM-MNR: more closely
        Arg2: to contemporary business realities