<?xml version="1.0"?>
<frameset>
<predicate lemma="democratize">
<note>
  Frames file for 'democratize' based on sentences in wsj.  Verbnet
  entry 45.4.
</note>

<roleset id="democratize.01" name="make into a democracy" vncls="45.4">
<roles>
  <role descr="causer of democracy, agent" n="0">
        <vnrole vncls="45.4" vntheta="Agent"/></role>
  <role descr="thing now a democracy" n="1">
        <vnrole vncls="45.4" vntheta="Patient"/></role>
</roles>

<example name="null-agent active">
<inflection aspect="ns" form="infinitive" person="ns" tense="ns" voice="ns"/>
<text>
    In Poland's rapid shift from socialism to an undefined
    alternative, environmental issues have become a cutting edge of
    broader movements [*] to restructure the economy, cut cumbersome
    bureaucracies, and democratize local politics. 
</text>
        <arg n="0">[*]</arg>
        <rel>democratize</rel>
        <arg n="1">local politics</arg>
</example>


<example name="passive">
<inflection aspect="perfect" form="participle" person="third" tense="present" voice="passive"/>
<text>
    Capital has been democratized [*-1], and people want in.
</text>
        <rel>democratized</rel>
        <arg n="1">[*-1] -&gt;  Capital</arg>
</example>

<note>
</note>

</roleset>
</predicate>
</frameset>
