Predicate: cock
cock: Frames file for 'cock' based on sentences in brown.
Roleset id: cock.01 , set at an angle, vncls: 40.3.2, framnet: Body_movement
cock.01: Member of VNcls crane-40.3.2. Updated by Julia, 11/2010.
Roles:
Arg0: setter at upward angle (vnrole: 40.3.2-agent)
Arg1: angled thing (vnrole: 40.3.2-patient, 40.3.2-theme)
Example: cocked cap
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
He, too, cocked his cap at a jaunty angle, jingled marbles in
his pocket, and swaggered down Main Street.
Arg0: He
Argm-dis: too
Rel: cocked
Arg1: his cap
Argm-mnr: at a jaunty angle
Example: cocked head
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
He stood up, cocked his head and eyed Gun coldly.
Arg0: He
Rel: cocked
Arg1: his head
Example: semi-idiomatic: cock a snook
To 'cock a snook' is to open the palm of the hand extending all fingers, place the thumb on the nose, and waggle the fingers in an inflamatory way. There seems to be some agreement that the usage of 'cock' relates to placing the hand/gesture in an upright position, which is why it's included in this sense. Apparently this is also known as a 'Queen Anne's Fan' or a 'five fingered salute'.
person: third, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: participle
... in choosing to be a bride of Christ they inevitably cocked a snook at lesser male fry .
Argm-adv: in choosing to be a bride of Christ
Arg0: they
Argm-adv: inevitably
Rel: cocked
Arg1: a snook
Argm-gol: at lesser male fry