Roleset prevail.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "win":

Roles:

Arg0:winner


Arg1:loser


Arg2:competition

Examples:

person: ns tense: future aspect: ns voice: active form: full


intranstive (-)
Analysts questioned whether Georgia-Pacific will ultimately prevail, saying other paper concerns may make competing bids.
Arg0:	Georgia-Pacific
ArgM-MOD:	will
ArgM-TMP:	ultimately
REL:	prevail

person: ns tense: past aspect: ns voice: active form: full


all args (-)
John finally prevailed over Mary in their battle of wits.
Arg0:	John
Argm-TMP:	finally
REL:	prevailed
Arg1-over:	Mary
Arg2-in:	their battle of wits

Roleset prevail.02 Verbnet Class: 1 "exist":

Roles:

Arg1:thing that exists

Examples:

person: third tense: present aspect: perfect voice: active form: participle


unaccusative (-)
It said debt remained at the $1.22 billion that *trace* has prevailed since early 1989, although that compared with $911 million at Sept. 30, 1988.
Arg1:	*trace* -> that -> the $1.22 billion
REL:	prevailed
ArgM-TMP:	since early 1989

This sets up the adjectival usage 'prevalent'.