Predicate: transform

Roleset id: transform.01 , change, cause a change in state, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

transform.01: TRANSFORM-V NOTES: Based on big corpus. Member of Vncls turn-26.6.1. comparison with 'change'. (from transform.01-v) TRANSFORMATION-N NOTES: Added by Julia based on transform-v.01. Corresponds to VNcls turn-26.6.1. (from transformation.01-n)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
transformation (n.)Cause_change Undergo_change
transform (v.)Cause_change

Roles:

        "Start state" and "thing changing" are usually the same, but there canbe cases where they are separate. Reserve use of Arg3 for these cases. (from transform.01-v)
        Arg0-PAG: causer of transformation (vnrole: 26.6.1-Agent)
        Arg1-PPT: thing changing (vnrole: 26.6.1-Patient)
        Arg2-PRD: end state (vnrole: 26.6.1-Result)
        Arg3-VSP: start state (vnrole: 26.6.1-Material)

Example: agentive

        The commercial transformed the dynamics of the campaign.

        Arg0: The commercial
        Rel: transformed
        Arg1: the dynamics of the campaign

Example: 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

Example: passive

        ...[the areas]-1 that can be most easily transformed *trace*-1

        Argm-mod: can
        Argm-mnr: most easily
        Rel: transformed
        Arg1: *trace*

Example: 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

Example: explicit start state

        Customers transform from borrowers to savers/investors.

        Arg1: Customers
        Rel: transform
        Arg3: from borrowers
        Arg2: to savers/investors

Example: args 1 and 3

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

        Two weeks in hospital and Ali is recovering fast , happily watching Tom and Jerry on his mini television , his transformation from the pain - wracked boy who left Baghdad .

        Arg1: his
        Rel: transformation
        Arg3: from the pain-wracked boy who left Baghdad

Example: Lots of argMs

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

        But in the face of today 's dramatic global economic transformation , there is no choice but to try to turn knowledge into profit .

        Argm-tmp: today's
        Argm-adj: dramatic
        Argm-loc: global
        Arg1: economic
        Rel: transformation

Example: with arg 2

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

        The rapid transformation of important scientific and technological achievements into real productivity is the outstanding feature of this open zone .

        Argm-mnr: rapid
        Rel: transformation
        Arg1: of important scientific and technological achievments
        Arg2: into real productivity

Example: with arg0

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

        The Levi-Larson brand of irreverence doesn't always enthrall me, but their tranformation of Dickens' tale into a night in a phantasmagorical Hard Rock Cafe is irresistible.

        Arg0: their
        Rel: transformation
        Arg1: of Dickens' tale
        Arg2: into a night in a phantasmagorical Hard Rock Cafe