Predicate: mangle

Roleset id: mangle.01 , flatten fabric using a mangle, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

mangle.01: MANGLE-V NOTES: roleset by Julia based on internet search, wordnet. Member of Vncls carve-21.2-2. Similar to 'flatten.01' (from mangle.01-v)

Aliases:

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mangle (v.)

Roles:

        Mangling consists of pressing fabric between two hot rollers in order to make it flat. (from mangle.01-v)
        Arg0-PAG: agent/mangler (vnrole: 21.2-2-Agent)
        Arg1-PPT: thing flattened (vnrole: 21.2-2-Patient)
        Arg2-MNR: the mangle (vnrole: 21.2-2-Instrument)

Example: transitive

        person: third,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full

        The workers mangled the sheets until they were dry and crease-free.

        Arg0: The workers
        Rel: mangled
        Arg1: the sheets
        Argm-tmp: until they were dry and crease-free.

Example: intransitive

        person: other,  tense: present,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full

        *PRO* Fold these evenly while damp, and *PRO* mangle.

        Arg0: *PRO*
        Rel: mangle.

Roleset id: mangle.02 , destroy, making unrecognizable, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

mangle.02: MANGLE-V NOTES: roleset by Julia based on internet search, wordnet. Member of Vncls carve-21.2-2. Similar to 'mutilate.01'. (from mangle.02-v)

Aliases:

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mangle (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: agent, causer of mangling (vnrole: 21.2-1-Agent)
        Arg1-PPT: patient, thing destroyed (vnrole: 21.2-1-Patient)

Example: transitive

        person: third,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full

        George W. Bush mangled the English language like no other president.

        Arg0: George W. Bush
        Rel: mangled
        Arg1: the English language
        Argm-mnr: like no other president.

Example: passive

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

        An 81-year-old Athol widow was killed in Lancaster yesterday when [her compact sedan]-2 was mangled *trace*-2 by a freight train locomotive at a busy and hazardous Boston and Maine rail intersection with Route 117.

        Rel: was mangled
        Arg1: *trace*-2
        Arg0: by a freight train locomotive
        Argm-loc: at a busy and hazardous Boston and Maine rail intersection with Route 117