tangle
frames
tangle.01 "to mix or twist together, drag in":
tangle.02:
tangle.01 sub-ARG0 NP-ARG2-around obj-ARG1
- The flying telephone : `` [ARG0 You] [rel tangle] [ARG1 the base cord] around [ARG2-around a chair leg] , and the receiver does seem *-1 to fly off . ''
tangle.01 obj-ARG1
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARGM-ADV again] , [ARG1 the themes] get [rel tangled] *-1 [ARGM-LOC in Mr. Mahfouz 's elliptical storytelling] .
tangle.02 NP-ARG2-in obj-ARG1
- The FBI initially showed little interest , and he had the impression 0 [ARG1 other federal security agencies] were [rel tangled] *-100 up in [ARG2-in legal red tape] .