Predicate: degenerate

degenerate: Frames file for 'degenerate' based on sentences in wsj and automatic expansion via verbnet.

Roleset id: degenerate.01 , become bad, vncls: 45.4, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: causer of something becoming bad (rarely or never occuring) (vnrole: 45.4-Agent)
        Arg1: thing getting worse (vnrole: 45.4-Patient)
        Arg2: EXT
        Arg3: start point
        Arg4: end point

Example: usually with just end point

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

        Demonstrations-1 are particularly apt *trace*-1 to degenerate into
        criminal conduct when they leave the site of the grievance and
        become mobile.

        Arg1: *trace*
        Rel: degenerate
        Arg4: into criminal conduct

Example: explicit start state

        Customers degenerate from borrowers to savers/investors.

        Arg1: Customers
        Rel: degenerate
        Arg3: from borrowers
        Arg4: to savers/investors