Predicate: unite

Frames file for 'unite' based on sentences in wsj. Verbnet entries 22.2, Framenet entry Amalgamate.

Roleset id: unite.01 , make into one, vncls: 22.2

Roles:

        Arg0: uniter, agent
        Arg1: (first) thing(s) being unified
        Arg2: other things, if separate from arg1
        Arg3: unified whole

Example: all args

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

        This unification was to be brought about through policies and
        institutions that *trace* would unite workers and employers with
        government in a fully integrated and ``harmonic'' society.

        ArgM-RCL : that -> policies and institutions
        Arg0 : *trace*
        ArgM-MOD : would
        Rel : unite
        Arg1 : workers and employers
        Arg2 : with government
        Arg3 : in a fully integrated and ``harmonic'' society

Example: passive

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

        [The oil and auto industries]-1, united *trace*-1 in their dislike of
        President Bush's proposal for cars that run on alternative fuels,
        announced a joint research program that could turn up a
        cleaner-burning gasoline.

        Rel : united
        Arg1 : *trace*
        ArgM-LOC : in their dislike of President Bush's proposal for cars that run on alternative fuels

Example: ergative!

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

        Most political analysts say that if Mr. Gandhi's opposition unites
        to field single candidates in most precincts, the Congress (I)
        will lose big.

        Arg1 : Mr. Gandhi 's opposition
        Rel : unites
        ArgM-PNC : to field single candidates in most precincts