Predicate: insulate
insulate: Frames file for 'insulate' based on survey of sentences in the
WSJ corpus. Comparison with 'protect'.
Roleset id: insulate.01 , protect from heat, cold, etc, vncls: , framnet:
Roles:
Arg0: agentive protector
Arg1: protected
Arg2: protected from
Arg3: instrument, insulation itself
Example: with instrument
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: passive, form: participle
Polyurethane foam is a highly efficient insulator , which [*T*-2] accounts for why the walls of refrigerators and freezers can be thinner now than they were [*?*] back in the days when they-1 were insulated [*-1] with glass fiber [*T*-3] [*T*-4] .
Rel: insulated
Arg1: [*-1]
Arg3: with glass fiber
ArgM-TMP: [*T*-3]
ArgM-RCL: when -> the days
Example: with Arg2
person: ns, tense: present, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: gerund
Separately , [the company 's board]-1 adopted a proposal [*] to amend its 1986 shareholder rights plan , [*-1] further insulating the company from takeover .
Arg0: [*-1]
Rel: insulating
Arg1: the company
Arg2: from takeover
Roleset id: insulate.02 , isolate, vncls: , framnet:
insulate.02: frames created by Olga
Roles:
Arg0: causer of isolation
Arg1: isolated
Arg2: isolated from
Example: passive
person: ns, tense: present, aspect: perfect, voice: passive, form: participle
`` [People in this business]-1 have been insulated [*-1] , '' says [*T*-2] Josh Pons , a horse breeder from Bel Air , Md .
Rel: insulated
Arg1: [*-1]