Roleset forestall.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "delay":

Roles:

Arg0:cause of delay


Arg1:awaited event

Examples:

person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: active form: infinitive


just transitive (-)
Is not the present world crisis a race between things we have created which can now destroy us and between populations of sufficient wisdom and character [*] to forestall the tragedy.
Arg0:	[*] -> sufficient wisdom and character
REL:	forestall
Arg1:	the tragedy

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


with manner/instrument (-)
If the wedding party lasted late, and the travel schedule means there are only a few hours before resuming the trip or making an early start, the husband may forestall tensions and uncertainties by confiding to his bride that lying in each other's arms will be bliss enough for these few hours.
Arg0:	the husband
Argm-MOD:	may
REL:	forestall
Arg1:	tensions and uncertainties
Argm-MNR:	by confiding to his bride that lying in each other's arms will be bliss enough for these few hours.