Predicate: riff

riff: Frames file for 'riff' based on sentences in wsj. No access to Verbnet at the moment.

Roleset id: riff.01 , make fun of, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: so-called comedian
        Arg1: victim

Example: the one example

        person: third,  tense: present,  aspect: progressive,  voice: active,  form: participle

        Line by line Mr. Friedman's weary cynicism can be amusing,
        especially when he's riffing on the Hollywood social scheme -- the
        way people size each other up, immediately canceling the desperate
        ones who merely almost made it.

        Arg0: he
        Rel: riffing
        Arg1: on the Hollywood social scheme -- the way people size each other up, immediately canceling the desperate ones who merely almost made it