Roleset insulate.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "protect from heat, cold, etc":

Roles:

Arg0:agentive protector


Arg1:protected


Arg2:protected from


Arg3:instrument, insulation itself

Examples:

person: ns tense: past aspect: ns voice: passive form: participle


with instrument (-)
Polyurethane foam is a highly efficient insulator , which [*T*-2] accounts for why the walls of refrigerators and freezers can be thinner now than they were [*?*] back in the days when they were insulated [*-1] with glass fiber [*T*-3] [*T*-4] .
REL:	insulated
Arg1:	[*-1] -> they
Arg3-with:	glass fiber
ArgM-TMP:	[*T*-3] -> when -> the days

person: ns tense: present aspect: ns voice: active form: gerund


with Arg2 (-)
Separately , the company 's board adopted a proposal [*] to amend its 1986 shareholder rights plan , [*-1] further insulating the company from takeover .
Arg0:	[*-1] -> the company 's board
REL:	insulating
Arg1:	the company
Arg2-from:	takeover

Roleset insulate.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "isolate":

Roles:

Arg0:causer of isolation


Arg1:isolated


Arg2:isolated from

Examples:

person: ns tense: present aspect: perfect voice: passive form: participle


passive (-)
`` People in this business have been insulated [*-1] , '' says [*T*-2] Josh Pons , a horse breeder from Bel Air , Md .
REL:	insulated
Arg1:	[*-1] -> People in this business

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