Roleset stymie.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "block someone's actions":

Roles:

Arg0:blocker, agent


Arg1:action

Examples:

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


active (-)
But while U.S. interest may be big and growing, the difficulties that [*T*-1] have stymied deals in the past show no sign of abating.
Arg0:	[*T*-1] -> that -> the difficulties
REL:	stymied
Arg1:	deals
ArgM-TMP:	in the past

person: ns tense: past aspect: perfect voice: passive form: participle


passive (-)
Knowledgeable employees said the project had been stymied [*-1] somewhat by ``the difficulty of designing'' the jackets.
REL:	stymied
Arg1:	[*-1] -> the project
ArgM-EXT:	somewhat
Arg0-by:	the difficulty of designing the jackets