Frameset - snort-v

Predicate: snort

snort: Frames file for 'snort' based on sentences in wsj.

Roleset id: snort.01 , emit a snorting sound, say snortingly, vncls: 40.2, framnet: Make_noise , Communication_noise

snort.01: Member of VNcls nonverbal_expression-40.2.

Roles:

Arg0: snorter (vnrole: 40.2-agent)
Arg1: snort itself, utterance (vnrole: 40.2-theme)

Example: as 'speak'

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

        [``Big business,'']-1 Mr. Pawlowski snorts [*T*-1] in English.

        Arg0: Mr. Pawlowski
        Rel: snorts
        Arg1: [*T*-1]
        Argm-mnr: in English

Example: intransitive

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

        When he laughs, John snorts like a pig.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: snorts
        Argm-mnr: like a pig

Roleset id: snort.02 , ingest through the nose, vncls: , framnet: Ingest_substance

snort.02: No VNcls.

Roles:

Arg0: snorter
Arg1: substance ingested

Example: drug use?

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

        John-1 used *trace*-1 to snort Coke, but the bubbles irritated his sinuses.

        Arg0: *trace*
        Rel: snort
        Arg1: Coke