Roleset ridicule.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "make fun of":

Roles:

Arg0:ridiculer


Arg1:ridiculous thing


Arg2:cause of ridiculosity

Examples:

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


just transitive (-)
Senate GOP leader Dole ridicules the budget chief on the Senate floor.
Arg0:	Senate GOP leader Dole
REL:	ridicules
Arg1:	the budget chief
ArgM-LOC:	on the Senate floor

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


with cause (-)
Mary ridiculed John for wearing his galoshes indoors.
Arg0:	Mary
REL:	ridiculed
Arg1:	John
Arg2-for:	wearing his galoshes indoors

Quick, what's a galosh?