Roleset refrain.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "not do some action":

Roles:

Arg0:non-agent


Arg1:non-action

Examples:

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


usual usage (-)
The government also urged whites to refrain from panic over growing black protests, such as the massive anti-apartheid rally Sunday on the outskirts of Soweto.
Arg0:	whites
REL:	refrain
Arg1-from:	panic over growing black protests, such as the massive anti-apartheid rally Sunday on the outskirts of Soweto

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


oddly intransitive (-)
``Those who have no money and aren't buying think it's right *trace* to refrain, but those with money who want to buy for themselves pay no attention,'' says an official of the Japan-U.S. Business Council.
Arg0:	*trace* -> Those who have no money and aren't buying
REL:	refrain