<def-root>An <fen>Entity</fen> ends up with some <fen>Final_quality</fen>--a new fact about the <fen>Entity</fen>. Alternatively, based on a cluster of changes of characteristics, the <fen>Entity</fen>newly meets the conditions for being a member of a <fen>Final_category</fen>.
<ex><fex name="Entity">The weather</fex> <t>turned</t> <fex name="Final_quality">cold</fex> .</ex>
<ex><fex name="Entity">You</fex> can <t>become</t> <fex name="Final_category">a firefighter</fex> <fex name="Time">today</fex> !</ex>
This frame should be compared with the Transition_to_state frame, which is more general in allowing arbitrary descriptions of a final situation:
<ex>We <t>ended up</t> telling him to leave .</ex>
There is no way to effectively paraphrase such a sentence in the Becoming frame.
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<def-root>Where the change takes place.
<ex>He always <t>became</t> uncomforatable <fex name="Place">in bars</fex> .</ex></def-root>
<def-root>>When the change occurs.
<ex><fex name="tim">By 1945</fex> he had <t>become</t> uncertain of the advisability of anyone having such a weapon.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>How long the <fen>Entity</fen> remains in the <fen>Final_category</fen>, <fen>Final_situation</fen>, or <fen>Final_quality</fen>.
<ex>He <t>became</t> <fex name="dur">for the next three years</fex> the prophetic voice of the Salvadoran people until his assassination on March 24, 1980</ex></def-root>
<def-root>Any description of the event which is not covered by more specific FEs, including epistemic modification (<ment>probably, presumably, mysteriously</ment>), secondary effects (<ment>quietly, loudly</ment>), and general descriptions comparing events (<ment>the same way</ment>). In cases where the <fen>Entity</fen> is intentional, <fen>Manner</fen> may indicate salient characteristics of an intentional <fen>Entity</fen> that also affect the event (<ment>presumptuously, coldly, deliberately, eagerly, carefully</ment>).
<ex>The majority <fex name="man">slowly</fex> <t>became</t> more and more disenchanted with him.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>The <fen>Entity</fen> which undergoes a change, newly ending up in the <fen>Final_category</fen> or taking on a new <fen>Final_quality</fen>.
<ex><fex name="ent">I</fex> <t>grow</t> impatient with your insolence.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>A description of a characteristic of the <fen>Entity</fen> after the change.
<ex>Suddenly , she <t>became</t> <fex name="Final_quality">impatient</fex> .</ex>
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<def-root>The category that the <fen>Entity</fen> ends up in after the change. Typically, this entails taking on a number of new characteristics.
<ex>He never could understand how she <t>ended</t> <t>up</t> <fex name="finc">an evangelist</fex>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>The period during which the <fen>Entity</fen> is in transition.
<ex><fex name="trp">Over the last 5 years</fex>, I've <t>become</t> sick and tired of your tomfoolery.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>This FE describes the state of the <fen>Entity</fen> before change occurs.</def-root>
<def-root>This FE marks the set of conditions under which the <fen>Entity</fen> enters the <fen>Final_category</fen> or takes on the characteristic of the <fen>Final_quality</fen>.</def-root>
<def-root>This FE describes the category of the <fen>Entity</fen> before a change.</def-root>
<def-root>A description of the kind of entities associated with instances of the <fen>Entity</fen> and saliently affected by its change.</def-root>
<def-root>Any eventuality or entity which brings about the change of the <fen>Entity</fen>.
<ex>Smithers <t>became</t> tired <fex name="Explanation">from all the work he'd been doing</fex>.</ex></def-root>
Transition_to_a_state
Transition_to_a_quality
FN: end up being
FN: change in nature, state, form, or color.