Predicate: guard

guard: Frames file for 'guard' based on sentences in financial subcorpus and automatic expansion via verbnet. frame by Perryn

Roleset id: guard.01 , stand watch over, vncls: 29.8, framnet:

guard.01: There might be an instrument argument, but I'll be most "with" phrases will actually be manners: John guards his dissertation with his life. "with his life" is effectively "very very much." But be on the lookout for a real instrument ("with a sword").

Roles:

        Arg0: guard (vnrole: 29.8-Agent)
        Arg1: guarded (vnrole: 29.8-Theme)
        Arg2: instrument
        Arg3: guard against what?

Example: transitive

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

        Intel's microprocessors are the chips of choice in many of today's
        personal computers and the 80486 microprocessor is the spearhead
        of [the company]-1's bid *trace*-1 to guard that spot in the next
        generation of machines.

        Arg0: *trace*
        Rel: guard
        Arg1: that spot
        ArgM-LOC: in the next generation of machines

Example: Big Mishaps

        What steps have been taken *PRO* to guard against the one sort of mishap
        that could trigger the destruction of continents.

        Arg0: *PRO*
        Rel: guard
        Arg1: against the sone sort of mishap...