Predicate: belittle
belittle: Frames file for 'belittle' based on sentences in wsj. No access to
Verbnet at the moment.
Roleset id: belittle.01 , make seem insignificant, vncls: 33, framnet:
Roles:
Arg0: causer of apparent insignificance, agent (vnrole: 33-Agent)
Arg1: apparently insignificant thing (vnrole: 33-Theme)
Example: ha ha
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: infinitive
Mr. Stanley is on trial over charges that he violated a
proclamation, issued by the South African administrator general
earlier this year, which made it a crime punishable by two years
in prison for any person to ``insult, disparate or belittle'' the
election commission.
Arg0: any person
Rel: belittle
Arg1: the election commission