Predicate: fend
fend: Frames file for 'fend' based on sentences in financial subcorpus.
No Verbnet entry. Comparison with 'ward'.
Roleset id: fend.01 , manage, survive, vncls: , framnet:
Roles:
Arg0: entity getting by, surviving
Arg1: REC
Example: poor John
John just can't fend for himself.
Arg0: John
Argm-DIS: just
Argm-MOD: ca
Argm-NEG: n't
Rel: fend
Arg1-REC: for himself
Predicate: fend_off
Roleset id: fend.02 , avoid, keep away, vncls: , framnet:
Roles:
Arg0: avoider, warder
Arg1: thing avoided, warded off
Arg2: explicit instrument
Example: transitive
The portfolio unit of the French bank group Credit Lyonnais told
stock market regulators that it-1 bought 43,000 shares of Cie. de
Navigation Mixte, apparently *trace*-1 to help *trace*-1 fend off an
unwelcome takeover bid for the company.
Arg0: *trace*
Rel: [ fend] [ off]
Arg1: an unwelcome takeover bid for the company
Example: with instrument
Although imports account for less than 1% of beer sales in Japan,
[Asahi Breweries Ltd., which has been gaining share with its
popular dry beer,]-1 plans *trace*-1 to fend off Japanese competitors
by pouring $1.06 billion into facilities to brew 50% more beer.
Arg0: *trace*
Rel: [ fend] [ off]
Arg1: Japanese competitors
Arg2: by pouring $1.06 billion into facilities to
brew 50% more beer