Frameset - foil-v

Predicate: foil

foil: Frames file for 'foil' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus.

Roleset id: foil.01 , to prevent or defeat, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: preventer, agent
        Arg1: bad guy
        Arg2: foiled in, nefarious plot

Example: transitive

        person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: infinitive

        Mr. Kryuchkov was quoted [*-1] as [*-2] saying that in place of the infamous 5th Directorate [a new unit]-3 would work `` [*-3] to foil the conspiracies [*ICH*-4] of foreign intelligence services [*] to create and use organized anti-government groups in our country . ''

        Arg0: [*-3]
        Rel: foil
        Arg1: the conspiracies [*ICH*-4] of foreign intelligence services [*] to create and use organized anti-government groups in our country

Example: curses! foiled again!

        person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: passive, form: participle

        [*-1]-2 Foiled [*-2] in their effort [*] to get a national ban , [the egg producers]-1 turned their attention to the states .

        Rel: Foiled
        Arg1: [*-2]
        Arg2: in their effort [*] to get a national ban