Predicate: shield
Roleset id: shield.01 , protect, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
shield.01: SHIELD-V NOTES: No VN class. (from shield.01-v)
Aliases:
Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
shield (v.) | Protecting | |
Roles:
        Arg0-PAG: protector
        Arg1-PPT: protected
        Arg2-PPT: danger
Example: all args
        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: infinitive
        Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, N.M., reported they-1 went so far as [*trace*-1]-2 to take a ``cold fusion'' experiment and three neutron detectors into a tunnel under 300 feet of granite *trace*-2 to shield the detectors from cosmic rays.
        Arg0: *trace*-2
        Rel: shield
        Arg1: the detectors
        Arg2: from cosmic rays
Example: unstated danger
        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: progressive,  voice: active,  form: participle
        But there were enough promoters announcing the end of history (in this case suspension of normal laws of economic gravity) for society-1 to continue *trace*-1 shielding its eyes.
        Arg0: *trace*-1
        Rel: shielding
        Arg1: its eyes