Predicate: counteract

counteract: Frames file for 'counteract' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. No Verbnet entry. Comparison with 'prevent'.

Roleset id: counteract.01 , work against, prevent, vncls: , framnet:

counteract.01: 'prevent' predicts an arg2 "secondary predication or action", but I don't think this will occur with 'counteract.'

Roles:

        Arg0: worker, Agent
        Arg1: action or object being prevented
        Arg3: instrument

Example: with instrument/manner

        person: ns,  tense: past,  aspect: perfect,  voice: active,  form: participle

        HomeFed had been one of the handful of large West Coast thrifts
        that in recent quarters *trace* had counteracted interest-rate
        problems dogging the industry by keeping a lid on problem assets
        and lending heavily into the furious California housing market.

        ArgM-TMP: in recent quarters
        Arg0: *trace*
        ArgM-RCL: that -> large West Coast thrifts
        Rel: counteracted
        Arg1: interest-rate problems dogging the industry
        Arg3: by keeping a lid on problem assets and lending heavily into the furious California housing market