Predicate: engulf

engulf: Frames file for 'engulf' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus.

Roleset id: engulf.01 , to flow over or absorb, vncls: 47.8, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: entity causing engulfing (vnrole: 47.8-theme1)
        Arg1: entity engulfed (vnrole: 47.8-theme2)
        Arg2: engulfed in what? actual liquid/entity surrounding arg1

Example: transitive

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

        A landslide engulfed a hillside slum in Sao Paulo , Brazil , and at least 20 people , most of them children , were missing and feared [*-1] dead .

        Arg0: A landslide
        Rel: engulfed
        Arg1: a hillside slum in Sao Paulo , Brazil ,

Example: passive

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

        If Washington 's elites ever succeed in [*-2] bursting the tax dam , Americans-1 will be engulfed [*-1] in a red sea of new spending programs , such as federalized child care .

        Argm-adv: If Washington 's elites ever succeed in [*-2] bursting the tax dam
        Argm-mod: will
        Rel: engulfed
        Arg1: [*-1]
        Arg0: in a red sea of new spending programs , such as federalized child care

Example: With arg2, substance engulfed in

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns

        In spite of the depressing scene engulfing the Arab world with wars and crises...

        Arg0: the depressing scene
        Rel: engulfing
        Arg1: the Arab world
        Arg2: with wars and crises