Assertion: intervention | /r/CapableOf | come as total surprise
Facets:
value: to the alcoholic
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: sometimes
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Sometimes, the intervention comes as a total surprise to the alcoholic, but recently new techniques have been developed in which the members of the intervention team tell the alcoholic that they are talking with a counselor about his drinking problem several days prior to the actual intervention.