Frameset - impede-v

Predicate: impede

Frames file for 'impede' based on sentences in wsj. No Verbnet entry.

Roleset id: impede.01 , hinder, try to stop, vncls: 67

Roles:

        Arg0: entity attempting to stop something
        Arg1: Theme (action or object being prevented)
        Arg2: secondary predication or action
        Arg3: instrument

Example: usually just transitive

        person: ns, tense: present, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full

        ``The purpose of the bill is to put the brakes on airline
        acquisitions that would so load a carrier up with debt that it
        would impede safety or a carrier's ability to compete,''
        Rep. John Paul Hammerschmidt, R., Ark. said.

        Arg0 : it
        ArgM-MOD : would
        Rel : impede
        Arg1 : safety or a carrier's ability to compete

Example: with instrument?

        John impeded Mary from studying with his incessant pleas for sex.


        Arg0 : John
        Rel : impeded
        Arg1 : Mary
        Arg2 : from studying
        Arg3 : with his incessant pleas for sex