Predicate: reform

Roleset id: reform.01 , make changes, improve, forming anew, making changes or improvements, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

reform.01: REFORM-V NOTES: Arg1 defaults to 'self'. (from reform.01-v) REFORMATION-N NOTES: (from reformation.01-n)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
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