Predicate: involve
Roleset id: involve.01 , include, vncls: 107 86.2-1 103, framnet: -
involve.01: Based on big corpus and comparison with 'include'. VN updated by Julia. Member of Vncls involve-107, relate-86.2-1, require-103.
Roles:
Avoid adjectives meaning 'complicated': The plot of the novel was very
involved.
Arg0: causer of inclusion (vnrole: 107-agent)
Arg1: theme, thing being included into a group (vnrole: 107-theme, 86.2-1-theme2, 103-theme2)
Arg2: group (vnrole: 107-destination, 86.2-1-theme1, 103-theme1)
Example: ergative
...federally funded fetal-tissue research that *trace* doesn't involve
transplants.
Arg2: *trace*
Argm-slc: that -> federally funded fetal-tissue research*
Argm-neg: n't
Rel: involve
Arg1: transplants
Example: reversed ergative
Another OTC bank stock involved in a buy-out deal...
Arg1: Another OTC bank stock
Rel: involved
Arg2: in a buy-out deal
Example: as post-nominal modifier
In a well-known detective story involving church bells...
Arg2: a well-known detective story
Rel: involving
Arg1: church bells
Example: with agent
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: infinitive
He says Mr. Briggs told him he was being set up for a ``honey
trap,'' in which [Mr. Noriega]-2 would try [*-2] to involve him in an
orgy and then record the event ``with sound and video.''
Arg0: [*-2]
Rel: involve
Arg1: him
Arg2: in an orgy