Predicate: snivel
snivel: Frames file for 'snivel' based on sentences in wsj.
Roleset id: snivel.01 , have a drippy nose, vncls: 40.2 37.3, framnet: -
snivel.01: related to sniffle? Member of VNcls nonverbal_expression-40.2, manner_speaking-37.3. Updated by Julia, 11/2010.
Roles:
Arg0: sniveller (vnrole: 40.2-agent, 37.3-agent)
Arg1: the snivel itself, utterance (vnrole: 40.2-theme, 37.3-topic)
Arg2: sniveled at (vnrole: 40.2-recipient, 40.2-cause, 37.3-recipient)
Example: adjectival
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: progressive, voice: active, form: participle
Her sister-in-law (Amy Wright) is a sniveling prude afraid that
Kate will seduce all the married men in town...
Rel: sniveling
Arg0: prude
Example: with utterance
person: third, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: participle
["I'm having a bad dream,"]-1 he sniveled *trace*-1 .
Arg0: he
Rel: sniveled
Arg1: *trace*-1
Example: with cause
person: third, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: participle
Even when his toothbrush needed to be replaced, he sniveled at the thought of having to throw it out because it was special.
Argm-tmp: Even when his toothbrush needed to be replaced
Arg0: he
Rel: sniveled
Arg2: at the thought of having to throw it out
Argm-cau: because it was special