Predicate: clown
clown: Frames file for "clown" and "clown around" based on sentences in ectb2.
No VerbNet entry; Comparison with "joke".
Roleset id: clown.01 , to act like a clown, vncls: , framnet:
Roles:
Arg0: clown
Arg1: other party clowning, clown with
Arg2: subject, joke, clowning about what
Example: With two parties
The father clowned with his kids in the family room.
Arg0: The father
Rel: clowned
Arg1: with his kids
Argm-loc: in the family room
Predicate: clown_around
Roleset id: clown.02 , to act like a clown, vncls: , framnet:
Roles:
Identical arguments to "clown."
Arg0: first joker
Arg1: other joker, clowned-around-with
Arg2: clowning around about what? subject, joke
Example: Agent only
But when they arrived there *T*, the workers-2 formed their own groups,
*T*-2 laughing and clowning around, and left him to get on with barbecuing
the meat.
Arg0: *T*-2 -> the workers
Rel: clowning around