Predicate: impede

impede: Frames file for 'impede' based on sentences in wsj. No Verbnet entry.

Roleset id: impede.01 , hinder, try to stop, vncls: 67, framnet:

impede.01: I'm going to get in trouble for this example, I just know it. Only use "instrument" when it is clearly separate from the agent.

Roles:

        Arg0: entity attempting to stop something (vnrole: 67-Agent)
        Arg1: Theme (action or object being prevented) (vnrole: 67-Theme)
        Arg2: secondary predication or action
        Arg3: instrument

Example: usually just transitive

        person: ns,  tense: present,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full

        ``The purpose of the bill is to put the brakes on airline
        acquisitions that would so load a carrier up with debt that it
        would impede safety or a carrier's ability to compete,''
        Rep. John Paul Hammerschmidt, R., Ark. said.

        Arg0: it
        ArgM-MOD: would
        Rel: impede
        Arg1: safety or a carrier's ability to compete

Example: with instrument?

        John impeded Mary from studying with his incessant pleas for sex.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: impeded
        Arg1: Mary
        Arg2: from studying
        Arg3: with his incessant pleas for sex