Predicate: cock

Roleset id: cock.01 , set at an angle, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

cock.01: COCK-V NOTES: Member of VNcls crane-40.3.2. Updated by Julia, 11/2010. (from cock.01-v)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
cock (v.)Body_movement

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: setter at upward angle (vnrole: 40.3.2-Agent)
        Arg1-PPT: angled thing (vnrole: 40.3.2-Patient, 40.3.2-Theme)

Example: cocked cap

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

        He, too, cocked his cap at a jaunty angle, jingled marbles in his pocket, and swaggered down Main Street.

        Arg0: He
        Argm-dis: too
        Rel: cocked
        Arg1: his cap
        Argm-mnr: at a jaunty angle

Example: cocked head

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

        He stood up, cocked his head and eyed Gun coldly.

        Arg0: He
        Rel: cocked
        Arg1: his head

Example: semi-idiomatic: cock a snook

        person: third,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: participle

        ... in choosing to be a bride of Christ they inevitably cocked a snook at lesser male fry .

        Argm-adv: in choosing to be a bride of Christ
        Arg0: they
        Argm-adv: inevitably
        Rel: cocked
        Arg1: a snook
        Argm-gol: at lesser male fry