Roleset reform.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "make changes, improve":

Roles:

Arg0:reformer


Arg1:thing changed


Arg2:end state


Arg3:start state

Examples:

person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: ns form: infinitive


all args (-)
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

person: ns tense: ns aspect: progressive voice: active form: participle


more commonly just transitive (-)
The cycle has been repeated several times since China began *trace* reforming its planned economy in 1979.
Arg0:	*trace* -> China
REL:	reforming
Arg1:	its planned economy

person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: active form: infinitive


sometimes intransitive (-)
The less-self-confident Czechoslovaks and Bulgarians, in contrast, declared their intentions *trace* to reform, while doing nothing concrete about it.
Arg0:	*trace* -> The less-self-confident Czechoslovaks and Bulgarians
REL:	reform

Arg1 defaults to 'self'.