Frames file for 'riff' based on sentences in wsj. No access to
Verbnet at the moment.
Roleset riff.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "make fun of":
Roles:
Arg0:so-called comedian
Arg1:victim
Examples:
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