Frameset - modify-v

Predicate: modify

modify: Frames file for 'modify' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. No Verbnet entry. Comparison with 'change'.

Roleset id: modify.01 , change, vncls: , framnet:

modify.01: Name that movie!

Roles:

        Arg0: causer of transformation
        Arg1: thing changing
        Arg2: end state
        Arg3: start state

Example: just transitive

        Sea Containers said the offer will proceed after the Bermuda
        Supreme Court lifts or modifies an interim injunction restraining
        the company from buying its shares.

        Arg0: the Bermuda Supreme Court
        Rel: modifies
        Arg1: an interim injunction restraining the company from buying its shares

Example: with start and end states

        John modified his Jaguar from a sportster to a hearse.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: modified
        Arg1: his Jaguar
        Arg3: from a sportster
        Arg2: to a hearse