Predicate: embroil
Roleset id: embroil.01 , involve in contention, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
embroil.01: EMBROIL-V NOTES: I feel there's some sort of unstated "in controversy" in the secondexample. (from embroil.01-v)
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embroil (v.) | | |
Roles:
        Arg0-PAG: causer of contention, agent (rare)
        Arg1-PPT: thing involved in contention
        Arg2-GOL: contention
Example: normal usage
        person: ns,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: passive,  form: participle
        A majority of an NIH-appointed panel recommended late last year that the research continue under carefully controlled conditions, but [the issue]-1 became embroiled *trace*-1 in politics as anti-abortion groups continued to oppose federal funding.
        Rel: embroiled
        Arg1: *trace*
        Arg2: in politics
        Argm-tmp: as anti-abortion groups continued to oppose federal funding
Example: agent, sorta
        person: third,  tense: present,  aspect: perfect,  voice: active,  form: participle
        The subsequent drive to reform Hong Kong's markets also has embroiled the interest-rate futures contract.
        Arg0: The subsequent drive to reform Hong Kong's markets
        Argm-dis: also
        Rel: embroiled
        Arg1: the interest-rate futures contract