Frameset - mire-v

Predicate: mire

mire: Frames file for 'mire' based on sentences in wsj. No Verbnet entry.

Roleset id: mire.01 , be stuck, vncls: , framnet:

mire.01: This should not even be considered a verb, really, since the active cannot occur: *"John mired Mary in a real mess."

Roles:

Arg1: entity stuck
Arg2: stuck in what?

Example: with passive trace

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

        Temple added that [Sea Containers]-1 is still mired *trace*-1 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*
        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

Example: without passive trace

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

        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

Example: mud, mired-in as subject

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

        Well , desperate to escape the economic stagnation that-1 *-1 has mired this country for over a decade , they also worry that traditional ways of life would be swept aside by the internet with dotcom jobs replacing life - long employment security , e-commerce endangering business built on personal relationships .

        Argm-slc: that-1 *--> the economic stagnation
        Arg2: *-1
        Rel: mired
        Arg1: this country
        Argm-tmp: for over a decade