Roleset guard.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "stand watch over":

Roles:

Arg0:guard


Arg1:guarded


Arg2:instrument

Examples:

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


transitive (-)
Intel's microprocessors are the chips of choice in many of today's personal computers and the 80486 microprocessor is the spearhead of the company's bid *trace* to guard that spot in the next generation of machines.
Arg0:	*trace* -> the company 's
REL:	guard
Arg1:	that spot
ArgM-LOC:	in the next generation of machines

There might be an instrument argument, but I'll be most "with" phrases will actually be manners: John guards his dissertation with his life. "with his life" is effectively "very very much." But be on the lookout for a real instrument ("with a sword").