Roleset damp.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "to restrain or weaken":

Roles:

Arg0:restrainer, agent


Arg1:thing damped

Examples:

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


transitive (-)
Comments by John Major , who [*T*-1] has succeeded Mr. Lawson , also failed [*-2] to damp market concern , despite his pledge [*] to maintain relatively high British interest rates .
Arg0:	[*-2] -> Comments by John Major , who [*T*-1] has succeeded Mr. Lawson ,
REL:	damp
Arg1:	market concern

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


transitive with purpose (-)
But in certain conditions such as autoimmune diseases and allergies and transplant rejection , doctors would like [*-1] to damp the immune response so such cells do n't touch off harmful inflammatory reactions or cell destruction .
Arg0:	[*-1] -> doctors
REL:	damp
Arg1:	the immune response
ArgM-PNC:	so such cells do n't touch off harmful inflammatory reactions or cell destruction