prevent
prevent.01 - stop, prevent, stopping in advance
PREVENT-V NOTES: Note that the instrument can appear in subject position as well("Minumum roof-crush standards could prevent many of thesefatalities.") This means there is a de facto intentionality oranimacy criterion for agenthood. (from prevent.01-v)PREVENTION-N NOTES: prevent.01 (from prevention.01-n)
Aliases:
prevent (v.)
prevention (n.)
preventive (v.)
preventative (v.)
prevention (n.)
preventive (v.)
preventative (v.)
Roles:
ARG0-PAG: Agent, intentional/animate
ARG1-PPT: Theme (action or object being prevented)
ARG2-PPT: secondary predication or action
ARG3-MNR: instrument
ARG1-PPT: Theme (action or object being prevented)
ARG2-PPT: secondary predication or action
ARG3-MNR: instrument
prevent-v: simple transitive
SheARG0
wanted to preventrel
the damage to self - esteem that her low - ability students would suffer from doing badly on the testARG1
.prevent-v: secondary predicate
LawyersARG0
seek to preventrel
the clientARG1
from committing a criminal actARG2
.prevent-v: with instrument
WeARG0
couldARGM-MOD
preventrel
many of these fatalitiesARG1
with minimum roof - crush standardsARG3
.prevent-v: instrument as subject
Steel jacketsARG3
of a type that mayARGM-MOD
have preventedrel
collapse of the columns of a 1.5 - mile stretch of the Nimitz FreewayARG1
had been installed on at least a small test section of the double - decker highwayprevention-n: Instrument (Arg3) as Subject
Among those projects is green teas and
theirARG3
preventionrel
of liver cancerARG1
.preventive-j
PREVENTIVErel
HEALTH - MAINTENANCEARGM-MNR
(m / maintain-01
:ARG1 (h / health)
:purpose (p / prevent-01))