Predicate: evolve

evolve: Frames file for 'evolve' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. Verbnet class grow-26.2, other framed members include 'develop' and 'grow'. Comparison with 'change'.

Roleset id: evolve.01 , change form, vncls: 26.2 48.1.1, framnet:

evolve.01: The framing for the related verbs 'develop' 'grow' and 'change' are wildly dissimilar. Yuck.

Roles:

        Arg1: thing changing (vnrole: 48.1.1-Theme, 26.2-Agent)
        Arg2: end state (vnrole: 26.2-Product)
        Arg3: start state (vnrole: 26.2-Material)

Example: end state only

        Pitney Bowes acquired the core of what *trace* evolved into
        Wheeler Group in 1979 by buying Dictaphone Corp.

        Arg1: *trace*
        ArgM-RCL: what
        Rel: evolved
        Arg2: into Wheeler Group

Example: start and end states

        John slowly evolved from a slightly pathetic individual to a
        full-blown loser.

        Arg1: John
        Argm-MNR: slowly
        Rel: evolved
        Arg2: from a slightly pathetic individual
        Arg3: to a full-blown loser

Roleset id: evolve.02 , acquire characteristics through evolution, vncls: 26.2, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: thing acquiring (vnrole: 26.2-Agent)
        Arg1: characteristics (vnrole: 26.2-Product)

Example: darwin was right!

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

        These trade-offs would evolve priorities by revealing when the
        cost of the B-2 became prohibitive.

        Arg0: These trade-offs
        ArgM-MOD: would
        Rel: evolve
        Arg1: priorities
        ArgM-MNR: by revealing when the cost of the B-2 became prohibitive

Example: With scientist as ArgA, secondary agent

        At age fourteen, Dan-3 was learning *PRO*-3 to evolve RNA molecules to bind
        arbitrary ligands.

        ArgM-A: *PRO*-3
        Rel: evolve
        Arg0: RNA molecules
        Arg1: to bind arbitrary ligands