Examples:
He is the hundred-headed dragon that guarded the Garden.
The school is being guarded by the prison guards of Azkaban.
Guard Your Exits!
Above all else guard your heart for it is the wellspring of life.
Does the public need to be guarded against us?
Then I guarded the prisoner in an interview room while the detectives put
their case together.
Mappings:
VerbNet: captain-29.8-1
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: guard.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2, 3, 4
Commentary: Syntax
Examples:
Anderson went from guarding players 3-4 inches shorter than him to guarding players 2 to 3 inches taller.
Guard your tongue in youth, and in age you may be of service to your people.
She asked Papa why he brought the pistol, and she cautioned him to guard his temper.
I will guard my thoughts, striving to maintain a pure and blameless mind.
Mappings:
VerbNet: captain-29.8-1
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: guard.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1
Commentary: Is: GUARD AGAINST Syntax
Examples:
Here's eight ways for you to guard against identity theft.
Guard against becoming too friendly with the staff.
But one must guard against overestimating its importance.
When setting up a CSIRC, guard against adopting overly ambitious objectives at the beginning.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4