Predicate: mate
Roleset id: mate.01 , pair, join, match, vncls: 22.2-2-1 36.1, framnet:
mate.01: Based on WSJ. Member of VNcls amalgamate-22.2-2-1.
Roles:
Arg0: joiner (vnrole: 22.2-2-1-agent)
Arg1: first thing, or both things (vnrole: 22.2-2-1-patient1, 36.1-actor1)
Arg2: second thing, if separate (vnrole: 22.2-2-1-patient2, 36.1-actor1)
Example: all args
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
If we could just mate John's brilliant ideas with Mary's
get-it-done attitude, we'd take over the world.
Arg0: we
Argm-mod: could
Argm-dis: just
Rel: mate
Arg1: John's brilliant ideas
Arg2: with Mary's get-it-done attitude
Roleset id: mate.02 , copulate, vncls: 36.1, framnet:
mate.02: Based on WSJ. Member of VNcls correspond-36.1
Roles:
Yes, I know we're supposed to avoid using ArgA. But do you really
want to make the entity/ies mating non-agentive?
Arga: causal agent
Arg0: one (or both) actor(s) (vnrole: 36.1-actor1)
Arg1: the other actor (vnrole: 36.1-actor2)
Example: passivized arg0
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: passive, form: participle
In the experiment, [mice with the defective gene]-1 were mated
[*-1].
Argm-loc: In the experiment
Rel: mated
Arg0: [*-1]
Example: with explicit ArgA
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
Scientists mated John's cat with a series of lab rats, hoping for
a bizarre Frankensteinian super-beast.
Arga: Scientists
Rel: mated
Arg0: John's cat
Arg1: with a series of lab rats
Argm-adv: hoping for a bizarre Frankensteinian super-beast
Example: motivating arg0
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: progressive, voice: active, form: participle
John likes to watch the monkeys mating down at the zoo.
Arg0: the monkeys
Rel: mating
Argm-loc: down at the zoo