Roleset tangle.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "to mix or twist together, drag in":

Roles:

Arg0:causer


Arg1:entity tangled


Arg2:location

Examples:

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


all arguments (-)
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

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


passive (-)
But again , the themes get tangled [*-1] in Mr. Mahfouz 's elliptical storytelling .
ArgM-DIS:	But
ArgM-ADV:	again
REL:	tangled
Arg1:	[*-1] -> the themes
ArgM-LOC:	in Mr. Mahfouz 's elliptical storytelling

Roleset tangle.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "phrasal variant of tangle.01":

Roles:

Arg0:causer


Arg1:entity tangled


Arg2:location

Examples:

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


all tangled up (-)
FBI initially showed little interest, and he had the impression other federal security agencies were tangled [*-100] up in legal red tape.
REL:	[ tangled] [ up]
Arg1:	[*-100] -> other federal security agencies
Arg2-in:	legal red tape