Roleset taunt.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "to ridicule":

Roles:

Arg0:taunter, agent


Arg1:entity taunted

Examples:

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


transitive (-)
`` The only way [0] [*] to reduce the costs [*T*-2] is [*] to say [0] we do n't want [*-1] to pay the bill , '' said [*T*-4] Rep. Neal Smith ( D. , Iowa ) , who [*T*-3] taunted President Bush 's party to back up his campaign promise of [*] supporting the claims of $ 20,000 [*U*] per individual .
Arg0:	[*T*-3] -> who -> Rep. Neal Smith
REL:	taunted
Arg1:	President Bush 's party to back up his campaign promise of [*] supporting the claims of $ 20,000 [*U*] per individual