Roleset liberalize.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "become more liberal":

Roles:

Arg0:agent of liberalization


Arg1:thing becoming more liberal (if separate from arg0)

Examples:

person: ns tense: past aspect: ns voice: active form: full


usually transitive (-)
At a June EC summit, Mrs. Thatcher appeared to ease her opposition to full EMS membership, saying Britain would join once its inflation rate fell and the EC liberalized capital movements.
Arg0:	the EC
REL:	liberalized
Arg1:	capital movements

person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: active form: infinitive
Arg1 defaults to 'itself' or some such.

oddly intransitive (-)
Asked if the Soviets, like Chinese officials, won't one day face a similar conflict between the desire *trace* to liberalize economically and yet retain political control, Mr. Lee said, ``I would think that the Soviets face a deeper dilemma because they have been more in blinkers than the Chinese -- I mean keeping their people cut off from the outside world.''
Arg0:	*trace*
REL:	liberalize
ArgM-MNR:	economically

person: third tense: past aspect: ns voice: passive form: participle


passive (-)
The market for export financing was liberalized *trace* in the mid-1980s, however, forcing the bank to face competition.
REL:	liberalized
Arg1:	*trace* -> The market for export financing
ArgM-TMP:	in the mid-1980s
ArgM-DIS:	however
ArgM-ADV:	forcing the bank to face competition