Roleset transform.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "change":

Roles:

Arg0:causer of transformation


Arg1:thing changing


Arg2:end state


Arg3:start state

Examples:

agentive (-)
The commercial transformed the dynamics of the campaign.
Arg0:	The commercial
REL:	transformed
Arg1:	the dynamics of the campaign




ergative (-)
...customers whose addresses have transformed during the past 3 1/2 years.
Arg1:	whose addresses
REL:	transformed
Argm-TMP:	during the past 3 1/2 years




passive (-)
...the areas that can be most easily transformed *trace*
Argm-MOD:	can
Argm-MNR:	most easily
REL:	transformed
Arg1:	*trace*=the areas




with end state (-)
...erasures transformed wrong answers to right ones on a statewide test.
Arg0:	erasures
REL:	transformed
Arg1:	wrong answers
Arg2-to:	right ones
Argm-LOC:	on a statewide test

"Start state" and "thing changing" are usually the same, but there can be cases where they are separate. Reserve use of Arg3 for these cases.


explicit start state (-)
Customers transform from borrowers to savers/investors.
Arg1:	Customers
REL:	transform
Arg3-from:	borrowers
Arg2-to:	savers/investors