Roleset engulf.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "to flow over or absorb":

Roles:

Arg0:entity engulfing


Arg1:entity engulfed

Examples:

person: ns tense: past aspect: ns voice: active form: full


transitive (-)
A landslide engulfed a hillside slum in Sao Paulo , Brazil , and at least 20 people , most of them children , were missing and feared [*-1] dead .
Arg0:	A landslide
REL:	engulfed
Arg1:	a hillside slum in Sao Paulo , Brazil ,

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


passive (-)
If Washington 's elites ever succeed in [*-2] bursting the tax dam , Americans will be engulfed [*-1] in a red sea of new spending programs , such as federalized child care .
ArgM-ADV:	If Washington 's elites ever succeed in [*-2] bursting the tax dam
ArgM-MOD:	will
REL:	engulfed
Arg1:	[*-1] -> Americans
Arg0-in:	a red sea of new spending programs , such as federalized child care