Roleset preclude.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "stop, prevent":

Roles:

Arg0:preventer


Arg1:Theme (action or object being prevented)


Arg2:secondary predication or action


Arg3:instrument

Examples:

just transitive (-)
At the same time, the government didn't want to appear to favor GM by allowing a minority stake that *trace* might preclude a full bid by Ford.
Arg0:	*trace* -> that -> a minority stake
REL:	preclude
Arg1:	a full bid by Ford




preclude to a kiss? (-)
Mary's raging flu precluded John from kissing her.
Arg0:	Mary's raging flu
REL:	precluded
Arg1:	John
Arg2-from:	kissing her

I'm not sure the latter is actually grammatical, but 'prevent' predicts it. We'll leave it in pending further examples. I also doubt there will/can be a separate instrument argument.