Predicate: fend
Roleset id: fend.01 , manage, survive, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
fend.01: FEND-V NOTES: Frames file for 'fend' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. No Verbnet entry. Comparison with 'ward'. (from fend.01-v predicate notes)
Aliases:
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| fend (v.) | | |
Roles:
Arg0-PAG: entity getting by, surviving
Arg1-PPT: REC
Example: ARG0 and ARG1
After your first three weeks of sleep deprivation , you 're scarcely in touch with reality any more ; without psychiatric treatment , you may well be unable to fend for yourself ever again . ''
Arg0: you
Rel: fend
Arg1: for yourself
Argm-tmp: ever again
Predicate: fend_off
Roleset id: fend_off.02 , avoid, keep away, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
fend_off.02: FEND_OFF-V NOTES: (from fend.02-v)
Aliases:
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| fend_off (v.) | | |
Roles:
Arg0-PAG: avoider, warder
Arg1-PPT: thing avoided, warded off
Arg2-MNR: explicit instrument
Example: transitive
The portfolio unit of the French bank group Credit Lyonnais told stock market regulators that it-1 bought 43,000 shares of Cie. de Navigation Mixte, apparently *trace*-1 to help *trace*-1 fend off an unwelcome takeover bid for the company.
Arg0: *trace*
Rel: [ fend] [ off]
Arg1: an unwelcome takeover bid for the company
Example: with instrument
Although imports account for less than 1% of beer sales in Japan, [Asahi Breweries Ltd., which has been gaining share with its popular dry beer,]-1 plans *trace*-1 to fend off Japanese competitors by pouring $1.06 billion into facilities to brew 50% more beer.
Arg0: *trace*
Rel: [ fend] [ off]
Arg1: Japanese competitors
Arg2: by pouring $1.06 billion into facilities to brew 50% more beer