Predicate: ward_off

Frames file for 'ward off' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. No verbnet entry. Comparison with 'avoid'.

Roleset id: ward.01 , avoid, keep away, vncls:

Roles:

        Arg0: avoider, warder
        Arg1: thing avoided, warded off
        Arg2: explicit instrument

Example: transitive

        [The company]-1 earlier this year adopted a shareholder-rights plan
        *trace*-1 to ward off unwanted suitors.

        Arg0 : *trace*
        Rel : [ ward] [ off]
        Arg1 : unwanted suitors

Example: with instrument

        Mary warded off John's amorous advances with an icy stare.
       

        Arg0 : Mary
        Rel : warded off
        Arg1 : John's amorous advances
        Arg2 : with an icy stare