Predicate: withstand
Roleset id: withstand.01 , to oppose or resist, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
withstand.01: WITHSTAND-V NOTES: Frames file for 'withstand' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus. (from withstand.01-v predicate notes)
Aliases:
Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
withstand (v.) | | |
Roles:
        Arg0-PAG: entity withstanding
        Arg1-PPT: entity opposed
Example: transitive
        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: infinitive
        Underwriters insist [0] [these issues]-1 are constructed [*-1]-2 [*-2] to withstand extremely tough economic conditions .
        Arg0: [*-2]
        Rel: withstand
        Arg1: extremely tough economic conditions
Example: transitive with adverbials
        person: ns,  tense: present,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full
        `` Basically , we had a severe earthquake of significant duration and it was just [something]-1 [0]-1 the structure could n't withstand [*T*-1] . ''
        Arg0: the structure
        ArgM-MOD: could
        ArgM-NEG: n't
        Rel: withstand
        Arg1: [*T*-1]