Roleset crack.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "make a cracking noise":

Roles:

Arg0:shaker


Arg1:thing shaking

Examples:

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


ouch (-)
John cracked his knuckles.
Arg0:	John
REL:	cracked
Arg1:	his knuckles

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


jokes also crack (-)
The newspaper boys cracked jokes and again Barco 's pride was aroused [*-1] .
Arg0:	The newspaper boys
REL:	cracked
Arg1:	jokes

There should be an ergative reading, but I can't get it. "Thunder cracked"?

Roleset crack.02 Verbnet Class: 1 "break, but not into pieces":

Roles:

Arg0:breaker


Arg1:thing broken


Arg2:instrument

Examples:

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


transitive (-)
But new-product development will make Japanese companies stronger, and big investments in ``domestic'' industries such as beer will make it even tougher for foreign competitors to crack the Japanese market.
Arg0:	foreign competitors
REL:	crack
Arg1:	the Japanese market

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


now that's ugly (-)
John cracked the mirror with his ugliest face.
Arg0:	John
REL:	cracked
Arg1:	the mirror
Arg2-with:	his ugliest face

Roleset crack.05 Verbnet Class: NONE "hit":

Roles:

Arg0:hitter


Arg1:hit


Arg2:instrument of hitting


Arg3:location, usually with 'across'

Examples:

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


all args (-)
She had taken him out of the schoolhouse and closed the school for the summer , after she saw Miss Snow crack Joel across the face with a ruler for [*] letting a snake loose in the schoolroom .
Arg0:	Miss Snow
REL:	crack
Arg1:	Joel
Arg3-across:	across the face
Arg2-with:	with a ruler
ArgM-CAU:	for [*] letting a snake loose in the schoolroom

Roleset crack.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "crack up: cause hilarity":

Roles:

Arg0:joker


Arg1:laugher


Arg2:joke

Examples:

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


all args (-)
John cracked Mary up with his Elvis impersonation.
Arg0:	John
REL:	cracked up
Arg1:	Mary
Arg2-with:	his Elvis impersonation

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


just laugher (-)
Mary cracked up when she saw John's Elvis impersonation.
Arg1:	Mary
REL:	cracked up
Argm-TMP:	when she saw John's Elvis impersonation

Roleset crack.04 Verbnet Class: NONE "crack up: go crazy":

Roles:

Arg1:lunatic

Examples:

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


automatically generated (-)
One beatnik got the woman [0] he was living with [*T*-1] so involved in drugs and self-analysis and all-night sessions of sex that she was beginning [*-2] to crack up .
Arg1:	[*-2] -> she
REL:	[ crack] [ up]