Predicate: reform
reform.01: REFORM-V NOTES: Arg1 defaults to 'self'. (from reform.01-v) REFORMATION-N NOTES: (from reformation.01-n)
Aliases:
Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
reform (v.) | | |
reform (n.) | | |
reformation (n.) | | |
Roles:
        Arg0-PAG: reformer
        Arg1-PPT: thing changed
        Arg2-PRD: end state
        Arg3-DIR: start state
Example: reform-v: all args
        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: infinitive
        Now is the time *trace* to reform the government from a provider, developing-country vanguard role to that of a modern, industrialized nation in which consumers have the ultimate choice.
        Arg0: *trace*
        Rel: reform
        Arg1: the government
        Arg3: from a provider, developing-country vanguard role
        Arg2: to that of a modern, industrialized nation in which consumers have the ultimate choice
Example: reform-v: more commonly just transitive
        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: progressive,  voice: active,  form: participle
        The cycle has been repeated several times since China-1 began *trace*-1 reforming its planned economy in 1979.
        Arg0: *trace*
        Rel: reforming
        Arg1: its planned economy
Example: reform-v: sometimes intransitive
        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: infinitive
        [The less-self-confident Czechoslovaks and Bulgarians]-1, in contrast, declared their intentions *trace*-1 to reform, while doing nothing concrete about it.
        Arg0: *trace*
        Rel: reform