Predicate: laugh
Frames file for 'laugh' based on sentences in wsj. Verbnet entry 40.2.
Roleset id: laugh.01 , laugh, vncls: 40.2
Roles:
Arg0: laugher
Arg1: cognate object
Arg2: source of joy
Arg3: end state of arg0, as result of laughing
Example: intransitive
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: progressive, voice: active, form: participle
``The Cosby Show'' may have single-handedly turned around ratings
at NBC since its debut in 1984, and the Huxtable family still
keeps millions of viewers laughing Thursday night on the network.
Arg0 : millions of viewers
Rel : laughing
ArgM-TMP : Thursday night
ArgM-LOC : on the network
Example: with source
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
``It's hard to know whether it was intended to be funny,'' says
the East Berlin shopkeeper, ``But everyone I know laughed about
it.
Arg0 : everyone I know
Rel : laughed
Arg2 : about it
Example: just source
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: passive, form: infinitive
Sex scandals make people look careless and silly, and one of the
worst sins in Washington is *trace*-1 to be laughed at *trace*-1.
Rel : laughed
Arg2 : at *trace*
Example: with cognate object
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
John laughed a good laugh at Mary's expense.
Arg0 : John
Rel : laughed
Arg1 : a good laugh
Arg2 : at Mary's expense
Example: with end result
person: third, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: passive, form: participle
He-1 was laughed [*-1] off the screen .
Rel : laughed
Arg1 : [*-1]
Arg3 : off the screen
Roleset id: laugh.02 , manner of speaking, vncls: -
Roles:
Arg0: speaker
Arg1: utterance
Arg2: hearer
Example: the usual
person: third, tense: present, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
[And don't expect many complete games by pitchers -- perhaps three
out of 288,]-1 laughs *trace*-1 Mr. Fingers, the former Oakland
reliever.
Rel : laughs
Arg1 : *trace*
Arg0 : Mr. Fingers, the former Oakland reliever