Predicate: snicker
Roleset id: snicker.01 , laugh in a covert manner, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
snicker.01: SNICKER-V NOTES: Based on sentences in brown corpus. Framed by Neville. Comparison with 'laugh.' VerbNet class nonverbal_expression-40.2. (from snicker.01-v)
Aliases:
| Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
|---|
| snicker (v.) | Make_noise | |
Roles:
Arg0-PAG: snickerer (vnrole: 40.2-Agent)
Arg1-PPT: cognate object
Arg2-CAU: source of amusement (vnrole: 40.2-Recipient, 40.2-Theme)
Arg3-PRD: end state of Arg0, result of snickering
Example: intransitive (-)
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: ns
It spread to most of the audience and was often viewed [*-2] by visitingwhites who-1 [*T*-1]snickered behind handkerchief and afterward discussed Negroreligion .
Arg0: [*T*-1] (= who)
Argm-slc: who -> visiting whites
Rel: snickered
Argm-loc: behind handkerchief
Example: with source (-)
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: ns
L'Unita and Hoy published identical denunciations of Short 's elevation ,l'Osservatore Romano and the Christian Science Monitor ignored it , Times ofIndia snickered at it , and the Manchester Guardian simply reported it -- theFosterites in England were few but extremely militant .
Arg0: Times of India
Rel: snickered
Arg2: at it