Predicate: adapt

Roleset id: adapt.01 , make (more) suitable, becoming or making more accustomed or suitable, cause to fit, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

adapt.01: ADAPT-V NOTES: Member of Vncls adjust-26.9. (from adapt.01-v) ADAPTATION-N NOTES: (from adaptation.01-n) ADAPTION-N NOTES: Added by Julia based on BOLT. (from adaption.01-n)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
adapt (v.)
adaptation (n.)
adaption (n.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: agent, adaptor (vnrole: 26.9-Agent)
        Arg1-PPT: thing adapted (vnrole: 26.9-Patient)
        Arg2-GOL: adapted to (vnrole: 26.9-Goal)
        Arg3-DIR: adapted from

Example: unstated goal or source

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

        William Gates and Paul Allen in 1975 developed an early language-housekeeper system for PCs, and Gates became an industry billionaire six years after IBM adapted one of these versions in 1981.

        Arg0: IBM
        Rel: adapted
        Arg1: one of these versions
        Argm-tmp: in 1981

Example: arg1 defaults to reflexive on arg0

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

        And [surprising numbers of small investors]-1 seem *trace*-1 to be adapting to greater stock market volatility and say they can live with program trading.

        Arg0: *trace*-1
        Rel: adapting
        Arg2: to greater stock market volatility

Example: with source

        person: third,  tense: present,  aspect: ns,  voice: passive,  form: participle

        [This article]-1 is adapted *trace*-1 from one in the October American Spectator.

        Rel: adapted
        Arg1: *trace*-1
        Arg3: from one in the October American Spectator

Example: Arg0,2

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns

        He felt that one of the important factors in his adaptation to a hearing aid at this time was that he finally got the nerve to admit he had hearing loss to his family and friends.

        Arg0: his
        Rel: adaptation
        Arg2: to a hearing aid

Example: Arg0,1

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns

        Alexandre Aja talks about his adaptation of the space opera Cobra the Space Pirate.

        Arg0: his
        Rel: adaptation
        Arg1: of the space opera Cobra the Space Pirate