Roleset match.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "match":

Roles:

Arg0:person performing match


Arg1:matching objects

Examples:

basic transitive (-)
The architect matched the paint and the wallpaper
Arg0:	The architect
REL:	matched
Arg1:	the paint and the wallpaper




with-phrase (-)
The architect matched the paint with the wallpaper
Arg0:	The architect
REL:	matched
Arg1:	the paint
Arg1-WITH:	with the wallpaper




inverted with-phrase (-)
The architect matched the wallpaper with the paint
Arg0:	The architect
REL:	matched
Arg1:	the wallpaper
Arg1-WITH:	with the paint




to-phrase (-)
The architect matched the paint to the wallpaper
Arg0:	The architect
REL:	matched
Arg1:	the paint
Arg1-TO:	to the wallpaper




inverted to-phrase (-)
The architect matched the wallpaper to the paint
Arg0:	The architect
REL:	matched
Arg1:	the wallpaper
Arg1-TO:	to the paint




unaccusative (-)
The paint and the wallpaper matched
Arg1:	The paint and the wallpaper
REL:	matched




unaccusative with object? (-)
The paint matches the wallpaper
Arg1:	The paint
REL:	matches
Arg1:	the wallpaper




inverted (-)
The wallpaper matches the paint
Arg1:	The wallpaper
REL:	matches
Arg1:	the paint


The idea here is that the second Arg1 (presumably the company's prices) is unstated but fairly easily recoverable. This happens a lot in real usage.)

tricky (-)
The company matched Kodak's higher prices.
Arg0:	The company
REL:	matched
Arg1:	Kodak's higher prices

The matched items all have the same status as arguments/semantic roles. There are passives (6a) The paint is matched (by the wallpaper) (6b) The wallpaper is matched (by the paint) but these are adjectival, not verbal, as the tests show: The paint was unmatched The paint is well matched *At noon, the paint was matched my the wallpaper Therefore, (6) are predicative sentences, and the participle is an adjective, just like "peeling." So the (optional) by-phrase is an adverbial; the noun in the by-phrase is not an A0 (agent) argument. (6a) The paint is [matched (by the wallpaper)] AdjP (6b) The wallpaper is [matched (by the paint)] AdjP (And therefore these cases are not to be tagged--Paul)