Predicate: chortle
chortle: Frames file for 'chortle' based on sentences in wsj. Verbnet entry
40.2, 37.3. The classic example of a blended neologism; dates to Lewis
Carroll and stems from chuckle+snort.
Roleset id: chortle.01 , chuckle and snort, vncls: 40.2 37.3, framnet:
Roles:
Arg0: chortler (the jabberwocky) (vnrole: 40.2-agent, 37.3-agent)
Arg1: utterance, theme (vnrole: 37.3-topic, 40.2-theme)
Arg: hearer (vnrole: 37.3-recipient, 40.2-recipient)
Example: basic usage
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
John chortled softly.
Arg0: John
Rel: chortled
Argm-mnr: softly
Example: the original usage
person: third, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: participle
[?And hast thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!?]-1
He chortled *trace*-1 in his joy.
Arg0: He
Rel: chortled
Arg1: *trace*-1: ["And hast though slain the jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O Frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!"]
Argm-adv: in his joy
Example: Corpus example with utterance
person: third, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: participle
[`` Those lovely whorls '']-1 , he chortled *trace*-1.
Arg0: He
Rel: chortled
Arg1: *trace*-1: ["Those lovely whorls"]
Roleset id: chortle.02 , move while chortling, vncls: , framnet:
Roles:
Arg0: chortler
Arg1: path
Example: chant and chortle both!
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
Keeping the mood light, the two then chanted and chortled their
way through some murderous polyrhythms, devised by Mr. Douglas as
an alternative to Hindemith's dry theory-teaching techniques, and
then, with Mr. Gomez, soared and improvised on the composer's
tight ``Bebop Etudes.''
Argm: Keeping the mood light
Arg0: the two
Argm-tmp: then
Rel: chortled
Arg1: their way
Argm-dir: through some murderous polyrhythms, devised by Mr. Douglas as an alternative to Hindemith's dry theory-teaching techniques