Predicate: embroil

Roleset id: embroil.01 , involve in contention, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

embroil.01: EMBROIL-V NOTES: I feel there's some sort of unstated "in controversy" in the secondexample. (from embroil.01-v)

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embroil (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: causer of contention, agent (rare)
        Arg1-PPT: thing involved in contention
        Arg2-GOL: contention

Example: normal usage

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

        A majority of an NIH-appointed panel recommended late last year that the research continue under carefully controlled conditions, but [the issue]-1 became embroiled *trace*-1 in politics as anti-abortion groups continued to oppose federal funding.

        Rel: embroiled
        Arg1: *trace*
        Arg2: in politics
        Argm-tmp: as anti-abortion groups continued to oppose federal funding

Example: agent, sorta

        person: third,  tense: present,  aspect: perfect,  voice: active,  form: participle

        The subsequent drive to reform Hong Kong's markets also has embroiled the interest-rate futures contract.

        Arg0: The subsequent drive to reform Hong Kong's markets
        Argm-dis: also
        Rel: embroiled
        Arg1: the interest-rate futures contract