Predicate: forestall
Roleset id: forestall.01 , delay, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
forestall.01: FORESTALL-V NOTES: Frames file for 'forestall' based on sentences in brown. (from forestall.01-v predicate notes)
Aliases:
| Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
|---|
| forestall (v.) | | |
Roles:
Arg0-PAG: cause of delay
Arg1-PPT: awaited event
Example: just transitive
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: infinitive
Is not the present world crisis a race between things we have created which can now destroy us and between populations of [sufficient wisdom and character]-1 [*]-1 to forestall the tragedy.
Arg0: [*]
Rel: forestall
Arg1: the tragedy
Example: with manner/instrument
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
If the wedding party lasted late, and the travel schedule means there are only a few hours before resuming the trip or making an early start, the husband may forestall tensions and uncertainties by confiding to his bride that lying in each other's arms will be bliss enough for these few hours.
Arg0: the husband
Argm-MOD: may
Rel: forestall
Arg1: tensions and uncertainties
Argm-MNR: by confiding to his bride that lying in each other's arms will be bliss enough for these few hours.