Predicate: shield

Roleset id: shield.01 , protect, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

shield.01: SHIELD-V NOTES: No VN class. (from shield.01-v)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
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