. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "An Agent or Preventing_cause keeps a Protagonist from having a State_of_affairs that they need or desire.\nHis parents deprived him of food for days on end.\nOur lonely city starves us of original live music.\nEmployees were denied overtime pay and meal breaks. CNI "^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Prevent_from_having"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "An Agent or Preventing_cause keeps a Protagonist from having a State_of_affairs that they need or desire.\nHis parents deprived him of food for days on end.\nOur lonely city starves us of original live music.\nEmployees were denied overtime pay and meal breaks. CNI "^^ . . . . . . . . . . .