Predicate: conform

conform: Frames file for 'conform' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus. Comparison with 'follow'.

Roleset id: conform.01 , (cause) to be similar, comply, vncls: 26.9, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: causer of similarity (vnrole: 26.9-Agent)
        Arg1: entity conforming (vnrole: 26.9-Patient)
        Arg2: entity conforming to (vnrole: 26.9-Destination)

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