Roleset mix.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "mix, combine":

Roles:

Arg0:agent, mixer


Arg1:ingredient one


Arg2:ingredient two


Arg3:end product

Examples:

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


merged ingredients (-)
Workers dumped large burlap sacks of the imported material into a huge bin, poured in cotton and acetate fibers and mechanically mixed the dry fibers in a process used to make filters.
Arg0:	Workers
ArgM-MNR:	mechanically
REL:	mixed
Arg1:	the dry fibers
ArgM-LOC:	in a process used to make filters

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


split ingredients, end product (-)
Ammonium perchlorate is an oxidizer that *trace* is mixed *trace* with a propellant to make rocket fuel used in the space shuttle and military rockets.
REL:	mixed
Arg1:	*trace* -> *trace* -> that -> an oxidizer
Arg2-with:	a propellant
Arg3:	to make rocket fuel used in the space shuttle and military rockets

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


ergative! (-)
Because despite all the media prattle about comedy and politics not mixing, they are similar in one respect: Both can serve as mechanisms for easing tensions and facilitating the co-existence of groups in conflict.
Arg1:	comedy and politics
ArgM-NEG:	not
REL:	mixing

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


distinguishing figure and ground (-)
John mixed sand into the Jello.
Arg0:	John
REL:	mixed
Arg2:	sand
Arg1-into:	the Jello

Watch out for many many adjectival usages: "Stock prices were mixed" which don't follow this argument structure at all. Leave these alone for the time being.

Roleset mix.02 Verbnet Class: 1 "phrasal mix, combine":

Roles:

Arg0:agent, mixer


Arg1:ingredient one


Arg2:ingredient two


Arg3:end product

Examples:

The same as mix.01, except args 2 and 3 probably will not appear.