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Class Hierarchy

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Members

alter (fn 1; wn 1; g 1)

deform (fn 1)

metamorphose (wn 1)

mutate

transform (fn 1; wn 2, 3; g 1)

translate (fn 1)

transmute (wn 3, 1, 2)

Roles
Agent [+animate \| +machine] Patient Product Material

Frames

NP V NP.patient PP.material PP.product
example	"The witch turned him from a prince into a frog."
syntax	Agent V Patient {from} Material {into} Product
semantics	state(start(E), Material, Patient) not(state(start(E), Product, Patient)) state(result(E), Product, Patient) not(state(result(E), Material, Patient)) cause(Agent, E)

NP.patient V PP.material PP.product
example	"He turned from a prince into a frog."
syntax	Patient V {from} Material {into} Product
semantics	state(start(E), Material, Patient) not(state(start(E), Product, Patient)) state(result(E), Product, Patient) not(state(result(E), Material, Patient))

NP V NP.patient PP.product
example	"The witch turned him into a frog."
syntax	Agent V Patient {into} Product
semantics	not(state(start(E), Product, Patient)) state(result(E), Product, Patient) cause(Agent, E)

NP.patient V PP.product
example	"He turned into a frog."
syntax	Patient V {into} Product
semantics	not(state(start(E), Product, Patient)) state(result(E), Product, Patient)

NP V
example	"The man was converting again."
syntax	Patient V
semantics	state(start(E), Material, Patient) not(state(result(E), Material, Patient))

NP V NP
example	"The 1980s bull market transformed the U.S. securities business."
syntax	Agent V Patient
semantics	state(start(E), ?Material, Patient) not(state(start(E), ?Result, Patient)) state(result(E), ?Product, Patient) not(state(result(E), ?Material, Patient)) cause(Agent, E)

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change (fn 1; wn 2, 1, 9; g 1)

convert (fn 1; wn 2, 1, 3, 4, 5, 11; g 1, 2)

turn (fn 1; wn 3, 7, 14, 16; g 1, 3, 9)

Roles
no roles

Frames

NP V PP.product
example	"He converted to a world without CFCs."
syntax	Agent V {to} Product
semantics	state(start(E), ?Material, Agent) state(result(E), Product, Agent) not(state(start(E), Product, Agent)) not(state(result(E), ?Material, Agent)) cause(Agent, E)

NP V PP.material PP.product
example	"The thrift converted from a mutual form in April 1986 to a stock form of ownership."
syntax	Agent V {from} Material {to} Product
semantics	state(start(E), Material, ?Patient) not(state(start(E), Product, ?Patient)) state(result(E), Product, ?Patient) not(state(result(E), Material, ?Patient)) cause(Agent, E)

NP V PP.product PP.material
example	"The thrift converted to a stock form of ownership from a mutual form in April 1986."
syntax	Agent V {to} Product {from} Material
semantics	state(start(E), Material, ?Patient) not(state(start(E), Product, ?Patient)) state(result(E), Product, ?Patient) not(state(result(E), Material, ?Patient)) cause(Agent, E)

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