Frameset - reform-v

Predicate: reform

reform: Frames file for 'reform' based on sentences in wsj. No Verbnet entry.

Roleset id: reform.01 , make changes, improve, vncls: , framnet:

reform.01: Arg1 defaults to 'self'.

Roles:

        Arg0: reformer
        Arg1: thing changed
        Arg2: end state
        Arg3: start state

Example: 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: 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: 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