tangle-v; 4 Senses

Sense Number 1: Force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action.

Commentary: Includes: TANGLE UP (IN)

Examples:
He tangled himself up in drugs.
Anything he wants to do will tangle him into a more chaotic web.
She's all tangled up in her divorce proceedings.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NP
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: tangle.01,tangle.02
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 2: Tangle or complicate.

Commentary:
NOTE: May be abstract. Includes: TANGLE UP

Examples:
The author tangled (up) the plotline.
She tangles the story more and more each time she tells it.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NP
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: tangle.01,tangle.02
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2

Sense Number 3: Disarrange or rumple; dishevel; twist together.

Commentary:
NOTE: Must be literal.

Examples:
The child tangled the cord.
The cat tangled the ball of string.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NP
FrameNet: Rope_manipulation
PropBank: tangle.01,tangle.02
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3, 4

Sense Number 4: Get involved in or with, as in confrontation.

Commentary: IS: TANGLE WITH

Examples:
Don't tangle with that kid - he's pure evil.
Tangle with me - I dare you!

Mappings:
VerbNet: NP
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
tangle_with 1