Roleset unify.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "join together":

Roles:

Arg0:joiner, agent


Arg1:(first) thing(s) being unified


Arg2:other things, if separate from arg1


Arg3:unified whole

Examples:

person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: ns form: infinitive


simple transitive (-)
Arguing that the separate financial marketplaces acted as one, and concluding that the crash had ``raised the possibility of a full-scale financial system breakdown,'' the presidential task force called for establishing a super-regulator to oversee the markets, to make margins consistent across markets, *trace* to unify clearing systems and to install circuit breakers.
Arg0:	*trace* -> a super-regulator
REL:	unify
Arg1:	clearing systems

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


separate things (-)
John unified his sense of fair play with Mary's violent tendencies.
Arg0:	John
REL:	unified
Arg1:	his sense of fair play
Arg2-with:	Mary's violent tendencies

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


pieces and whole (-)
John's sense of fair play and Mary's violent tendencies were unified *trace* into a very unhealthy living situation.
REL:	unified
Arg1:	*trace* -> John's sense of fair play and Mary's violent tendencies
Arg3-into:	a very unhealthy living situation

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


adjectival (-)
That's why ``we have been working hard to develop a single, more unified presence in Europe,'' said A.J.C. Smith, Marsh & McLennan's president, at a London news conference yesterday.
ArgM-EXT:	more
REL:	unified
Arg1:	presence