Predicate: riff
Roleset id: riff.01 , make fun of, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
riff.01: RIFF-V NOTES: Frames file for 'riff' based on sentences in wsj. No access to Verbnet at the moment. (from riff.01-v predicate notes)
Aliases:
| Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
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| riff (v.) | | |
Roles:
Arg0-PAG: so-called comedian
Arg1-PPT: victim
Example: the one example
person: third, tense: present, aspect: progressive, voice: active, form: participle
Line by line Mr. Friedman's weary cynicism can be amusing, especially when he's riffing on the Hollywood social scheme -- the way people size each other up, immediately canceling the desperate ones who merely almost made it.
Arg0: he
Rel: riffing
Arg1: on the Hollywood social scheme -- the way people size each other up, immediately canceling the desperate ones who merely almost made it