defend-85

Members

Roles

Frames

Basic Transitive
ex: "I defended them."
sym: Agent V Theme
sem: defend(during(E), Agent, Theme, ?Proposition)

NP-PP against-PP
ex: "I defended them against the charges."
sym: Agent V Theme against Proposition[-sentential]
sem: defend(during(E), Agent, Theme, Proposition)

ING-AC
ex: "I defended building the house."
sym: Agent V Proposition[+ac_ing]
sem: defend(during(E), Agent, ?Theme, Proposition)

POSSING
ex: "I defended their building the house."
sym: Agent V Proposition[+poss_ing]
sem: defend(during(E), Agent, ?Theme, Proposition)