Roleset mire.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "be stuck":

Roles:

Arg1:entity stuck


Arg2:stuck in what?

Examples:

person: ns tense: present aspect: ns voice: passive form: participle


with passive trace (-)
Temple added that Sea Containers is still mired *trace* in legal problems in Bermuda, where the Supreme Court has temporarily barred Sea Containers from buying back its own stock in a case brought by Stena and Tiphook.
ArgM-TMP:	still
REL:	mired
Arg1:	*trace* -> Sea Containers
Arg2-in:	legal problems
ArgM-LOC:	in Bermuda, where the Supreme Court has temporarily barred Sea Containers from buying back its own stock in a case brought by Stena and Tiphook

person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: passive form: participle


without passive trace (-)
But it's just as plausible to argue that if even David Boren can get mired in this sort of mess, the problem goes beyond legal interpretation.
Arg1:	even David Boren
ArgM-MOD:	can
REL:	mired
Arg2-in:	this sort of mess

This should not even be considered a verb, really, since the active cannot occur: *"John mired Mary in a real mess."