Frameset - tangle-v

Predicate: tangle

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

Roleset id: tangle.01 , to mix or twist together, drag in, vncls: , framnet: Rope_manipulation

tangle.01: No Vncls.

Roles:

        Arg0: causer
        Arg1: entity tangled
        Arg2: location

Example: all arguments

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

        The flying telephone : `` You tangle the base cord around a chair leg , and the receiver does seem [*-1] to fly off . ''

        Arg0: You
        Rel: tangle
        Arg1: the base cord
        Arg2: around a chair leg

Example: passive

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

        But again , [the themes]-1 get tangled [*-1] in Mr. Mahfouz 's elliptical storytelling .

        Argm-dis: But
        Argm-adv: again
        Rel: tangled
        Arg1: [*-1]
        Argm-loc: in Mr. Mahfouz 's elliptical storytelling

Predicate: tangle_up

Roleset id: tangle.02 , phrasal variant of tangle.01, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: causer
        Arg1: entity tangled
        Arg2: location

Example: all tangled up

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

        FBI initially showed little interest, and he had the impression
        [other federal security agencies]-100 were tangled [*-100] up in legal
        red tape.

        Rel: [ tangled] [ up]
        Arg1: [*-100]
        Arg2: in legal red tape