Predicate: laugh

laugh: Frames file for 'laugh' based on sentences in wsj. Verbnet entry 40.2.

Roleset id: laugh.01 , laugh, vncls: 40.2, framnet:

laugh.01: Cognate object is arg1 for other verbs of this class, which don't take "source" args, forcing this numbering.

Roles:

        Arg0: laugher (vnrole: 40.2-agent)
        Arg1: cognate object (vnrole: 40.2-theme)
        Arg2: source of joy (vnrole: 40.2-cause)
        Arg3: end state of arg0, as result of laughing

Example: intransitive

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: progressive,  voice: active,  form: participle

        ``The Cosby Show'' may have single-handedly turned around ratings
        at NBC since its debut in 1984, and the Huxtable family still
        keeps millions of viewers laughing Thursday night on the network.

        Arg0: millions of viewers
        Rel: laughing
        Argm-tmp: Thursday night
        Argm-loc: on the network

Example: with source

        person: ns,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full

        ``It's hard to know whether it was intended to be funny,'' says
        the East Berlin shopkeeper, ``But everyone I know laughed about
        it.

        Arg0: everyone I know
        Rel: laughed
        Arg2: about it

Example: just source

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: passive,  form: infinitive

        Sex scandals make people look careless and silly, and one of the
        worst sins in Washington is *trace*-1 to be laughed at *trace*-1.

        Rel: laughed
        Arg2: at *trace*

Example: with cognate object

        person: ns,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full

        John laughed a good laugh at Mary's expense.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: laughed
        Arg1: a good laugh
        Arg2: at Mary's expense

Example: with end result

        person: third,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: passive,  form: participle

        He-1 was laughed [*-1] off the screen .

        Rel: laughed
        Arg1: [*-1]
        Arg3: off the screen

Roleset id: laugh.02 , manner of speaking, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: speaker
        Arg1: utterance
        Arg2: hearer

Example: the usual

        person: third,  tense: present,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full

        [And don't expect many complete games by pitchers -- perhaps three
        out of 288,]-1 laughs *trace*-1 Mr. Fingers, the former Oakland
        reliever.

        Rel: laughs
        Arg1: *trace*
        Arg0: Mr. Fingers, the former Oakland reliever