Predicate
embroil:
Frames file for 'embroil' based on sentences in wsj. No Verbnet entry.
Roleset embroil.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "involve in contention":
Roles:
Arg0:causer of contention, agent (rare)
Arg1:thing involved in contention
Arg2:contention
Examples:
person: ns
tense: past
aspect: ns
voice: passive
form: participle
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normal usage (-) |
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A majority of an NIH-appointed panel recommended late last year
that the research continue under carefully controlled conditions,
but the issue became embroiled *trace* in politics as
anti-abortion groups continued to oppose federal funding.
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| REL: | embroiled |
| Arg1: | *trace* -> the issue |
| Arg2-in: | politics |
| ArgM-TMP: | as anti-abortion groups continued to oppose
federal funding |
person: third
tense: present
aspect: perfect
voice: active
form: participle
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agent, sorta (-) |
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The subsequent drive to reform Hong Kong's markets also has
embroiled the interest-rate futures contract.
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| Arg0: | The subsequent drive to reform Hong Kong's
markets |
| ArgM-DIS: | also |
| REL: | embroiled |
| Arg1: | the interest-rate futures contract |
I feel there's some sort of unstated "in controversy" in the second
example.