<def-root>Because it no longer functions adequately under the given circumstances, an <fen>Agent</fen> (or non-Agentive <fen>Cause</fen>) undertakes steps to change the structural makeup of a complex <fen>Entity</fen> with interdependent parts, for instance an institution or a system of laws. The <fen>Degree</fen> of change is typically gradual and partial rather than revolutionary and total. Note that with some LUs the <fen>Entity</fen> can be unexpressed when it is identical to the <fen>Agent</fen>.
<ex><fex name="Agent">They</fex> want to <t>reform</t> <fex name="Entity">the law on Sunday trading</fex>.</ex>
<ex>At the same time , <fex name="Agent">the government</fex> <t>reformed</t> <fex name="Entity">the rating system as it applied to companies</fex>.</ex>
<ex>This study investigates <fex name="Manner">how</fex> and <fex name="Explanation">why</fex> <fex name="Agent">the majority of large Slovak companies</fex> <t>restructured</t> <fex name="Means">without the help of foreign investors or a government</fex>. <fex name="Entity">DNI</fex></ex></def-root>
<def-root>The sentient entity that effects a change in the <fen>Entity</fen>.
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<def-root>The time at which the change of the <fen>Entity</fen> is caused.
<ex>The House of Representatives, on a bipartisan basis, sought to <t>reform</t> the program <fex name="Time">this year</fex>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>The extent to which the <fen>Entity</fen> differs from its former state at the end of the reform.
<ex>I am trying to <fex name="deg">completely</fex> <t>overhaul</t> my diet, and i need help.</ex></def-root>
<def-root> Any description of the event causing the change of the <fen>Entity</fen> which is not covered by more specific FEs, including secondary effects (<ment>quietly</ment>), general descriptions comparing events (<ment>the same way</ment>), and salient characteristics of the <fen>Agent</fen> that also affect the action (<ment>carefully</ment>).
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<def-root>The <fen>Explanation</fen> denotes a proposition from which reform event logically follows. In many cases, the state of affairs denoted is specifically one that the <fen>Agent</fen> takes as a reason for reforming the entity.
<ex>But his great-grandson, Aurangzeb (1618-1707), <t>reformed</t>
the policy <fex name="exp">due to religious conflicts</fex>. </ex></def-root>
<def-root>This FE denotes a complex, abstract, human-created entity with interdependent parts which has either deteriorated or is no longer adequate for its purpose given a change in circumstances and which the <fen>Agent</fen> therefore wants to modify.
<ex>Particular attention will be devoted to recent proposals to <t>reform</t> <fex name="ent">UK competition policy</fex>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>An action that the <fen>Agent</fen> intends to accomplish by effecting a change in the <fen>Entity</fen>.
<ex>Indeed, as the world becomes increasingly paperless, it would be prudent to consider <t>overhauling</t> the rules <fex name="pur">in order to adapt them to a digitalized society</fex>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>The category of which the <fen>Entity</fen> is a member before the <fen>Agent</fen> causes a change in its makeup.
<ex>Since 1986, the Vietnamese Government has performed a 'doi moi' (renovation)
policy that <t>reformed</t> the economy <fex name="ini">from central planning economy</fex> to market.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>The category that the <fen>Entity</fen> belongs to after it has undergone the change.
<ex>We have also <t>reformed</t> the office managing system from a "proprietorship" <fex name="Final_category">to a "partnership"</fex>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>This FE identifies the steps or actions directly enabling reform. </def-root>
<def-root>An alternative description of expressed action</def-root>
<def-root>This FE is used for phrases that describe the event of reforming as a whole .</def-root>
<def-root>This FE describes the state of the world (at a particular time and place) which is specifically independent of the reform process. </def-root>
<def-root>The length of time over which reforming takes place</def-root>
<def-root>This FE is for non-human causes, such as a processes or institutions, responsible for reform.
<ex>Thus , <fex name="Cause">radical reform</fex> <t>restructures</t> rape offences in ways that it is hoped will facilitate the prosecution process without jeopardising the interests of the accused .</ex></def-root>
<def-root>The place where the reformation occurs.</def-root>
Cause_change
COD: the action or process of reforming.
COD: make changes in (something, especially an institution or practice) in order to improve it.
FN: to make changes so as to improve the functioning of
FN: the act of making changes so as to improve the functioning of
FN: change the organization of a system.