Roleset snicker.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "laugh in a covert manner":

Roles:

Arg0:snickerer


Arg1:cognate object


Arg2:source of amusement


Arg3:end state of Arg0, result of snickering

Examples:

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


intransitive (-) (-)
It spread to most of the audience and was often viewed [*-2] by visiting whites who [*T*-1] snickered behind handkerchief and afterward discussed Negro religion .
REL:	snickered
Arg0:	[*T*-1] -> who -> visiting whites
ArgM-LOC:	behind handkerchief

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


with source (-) (-)
L'Unita and Hoy published identical denunciations of Short 's elevation , l'Osservatore Romano and the Christian Science Monitor ignored it , Times of India snickered at it , and the Manchester Guardian simply reported it -- the Fosterites in England were few but extremely militant .
REL:	snickered
Arg2-at:	it
Arg0:	Times of India

Framed by Neville.