Rolesets - prevent

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.)

Roles:

ARG0-PAG: Agent, intentional/animate
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 highway

prevention-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))