Frameset - stymie-v

Predicate: stymie

Roleset id: stymie.01 , block someone's actions, vncls: , framnet: Thwarting

stymie.01: Based on WSJ. No VNcls.

Roles:

Arg0: blocker, agent
Arg1: stymied entity/action

Example: active

        person: ns, tense: present, aspect: perfect, voice: active, form: participle

        But while U.S. interest may be big and growing, the difficulties
        that-1 [*T*-1] have stymied deals in the past show no sign of
        abating.

        Arg0: [*T*-1] (= that)
        Argm-slc: that -> the difficulties
        Rel: stymied
        Arg1: deals
        Argm-tmp: in the past

Example: passive

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

        Knowledgeable employees said [the project]-1 had been stymied [*-1]
        somewhat by ``the difficulty of designing'' the jackets.

        Rel: stymied
        Arg1: [*-1]
        Argm-ext: somewhat
        Arg0: by the difficulty of designing the jackets