Predicate: defense

Roleset id: defense.01 , defend, vncls: 85, framnet:

defense.01: Roleset based on verb entry defend.01. Corresponds to VN class defend-85. Framed by Claire.

Roles:

        Arg0: defender (vnrole: 85-agent)
        Arg1: defended (vnrole: 85-theme)
        Arg2: instrument

Example: no instrument

        Remember that coreferential possessives corresponding to the agent (here, "his") aren't tagged when the agent is expressed as the subject of the light verb.
        Because if I do n't come when-1 Norm does his defense *T*-1, which I really want to come for that.

        Arg0: Norm
        Argm-lvb: does
        Rel: defense
        Argm-tmp: *T*-1

Example: Args 0 & 1

        The Fed chairman is stepping up his defense of a $600 billion bond-purchase plan.

        Arg0: his
        Rel: defense
        Arg1: of a $600 billion bond-purchase plan.