Roleset mate.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "pair, join, match":

Roles:

Arg0:joiner


Arg1:first thing, or both things


Arg2:second thing, if separate

Examples:

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


all args (-)
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 mate.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "copulate":

Roles:

ArgA:causal agent


Arg0:one (or both) actor(s)


Arg1:the other actor

Examples:

person: ns tense: past aspect: ns voice: passive form: participle


passivized arg0 (-)
In the experiment, mice with the defective gene were mated [*-1].
ArgM-LOC:	In the experiment
REL:	mated
Arg0:	[*-1] -> mice with the defective gene

person: ns tense: past aspect: ns voice: active form: full


with explicit ArgA (-)
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:	hoping for a bizarre Frankensteinian super-beast

person: ns tense: ns aspect: progressive voice: active form: participle


motivating arg0 (-)
John likes to watch the monkeys mating down at the zoo.
Arg0:	the monkeys
REL:	mating
Argm-LOC:	down at the zoo

Yes, I know we're supposed to avoid using ArgA. But do you really want to make the entity/ies mating non-agentive?