intervene-v; 2 Senses

Sense Number 1: get involved so as to alter an action

Commentary: Includes: INTERVENE IN
NOTE: NP2 does not need to be stated but must be implied. Syntax Is: NP1[agent[human]] INTERVENE IN NP2[patient]

Examples:
The president intervened in a dispute over the N.S.A's
eavesdropping.
The C.E.O. intervened in Enron's battle against the lawyers.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NP
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: intervene.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 2: be placed or located between things, or events

Examples:
The war intervened between the birth of her two children.
Eight days intervened between the holidays.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NP
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2, 3