Roleset withstand.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "to oppose or resist":

Roles:

Arg0:entity withstanding


Arg1:entity opposed

Examples:

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


transitive (-)
Underwriters insist [0] these issues are constructed [*-1] [*-2] to withstand extremely tough economic conditions .
Arg0:	[*-2] -> [*-1] -> these issues
REL:	withstand
Arg1:	extremely tough economic conditions

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


transitive with adverbials (-)
`` Basically , we had a severe earthquake of significant duration and it was just something [0] the structure could n't withstand [*T*-1] . ''
Arg0:	the structure
ArgM-MOD:	could
ArgM-NEG:	n't
REL:	withstand
Arg1:	[*T*-1] -> [0] -> something