Predicate: forestall
forestall: Frames file for 'forestall' based on sentences in brown.
Roleset id: forestall.01 , delay, vncls: , framnet:
Roles:
Arg0: cause of delay
Arg1: awaited event
Example: just transitive
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: infinitive
Is not the present world crisis a race between things we have
created which can now destroy us and between populations of [sufficient
wisdom and character]-1 [*]-1 to forestall the tragedy.
Arg0: [*]
Rel: forestall
Arg1: the tragedy
Example: with manner/instrument
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
If the wedding party lasted late, and the travel schedule
means there are only a few hours before resuming the trip or making an
early start, the husband may forestall tensions and uncertainties by
confiding to his bride that lying in each other's arms will be bliss
enough for these few hours.
Arg0: the husband
Argm-MOD: may
Rel: forestall
Arg1: tensions and uncertainties
Argm-MNR: by confiding to his bride that lying in each
other's arms will be bliss enough for these few hours.