Roleset quip.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "tell a little joke":

Roles:

Arg0:speaker


Arg1:joke


Arg2:hearer

Examples:

transitive (-)
Yesterday, Mr. Matthews, now a consultant with the Stamford, Conn., firm Matthews & Johnston, quipped, ``I think he'll be very good at that new job.
ArgM-TMP:	Yesterday
Arg0:	Mr. Matthews, now a consultant with the Stamford, Conn., firm Matthews & Johnston,
REL:	quipped
Arg1:	I think he'll be very good at that new job