Roleset mock.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "make fun of":

Roles:

Arg0:mocker


Arg1:mocked


Arg2:reason, what's so funny

Examples:

person: ns tense: present aspect: ns voice: active form: gerund


just transitive (-)
The latter typically is the humor of the underdog, and it was perfected by both blacks and Jews on the minstrel and vaudeville stage as a means of [*-1] mocking their white and gentile audiences along with themselves.
Arg0:	[*-1] -> it
REL:	mocking
Arg1:	their white and gentile audiences along with themselves

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


with reason (-)
Mary mocked John for his habit of turning around three times before going to bed.
Arg0:	Mary
REL:	mocked
Arg1:	John
Arg2-for:	for his habit of turning around three times before going to bed