http://premon.fbk.eu/resource/vn33-defend-72.3_frame_2 an entity of type: VerbNetFrame

0.2 
NP V NP PP.theme 
NP-PP; against-PP 
defend(during(E), Agent, Beneficiary, Theme) 
Agent V Beneficiary {against} Theme [-sentential] 
0.2 

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