Predicate: chortle

Roleset id: chortle.01 , chuckle and snort, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

chortle.01: CHORTLE-V NOTES: Frames file for 'chortle' based on sentences in wsj. Verbnet entry 40.2, 37.3. The classic example of a blended neologism; dates to Lewis Carroll and stems from chuckle+snort. (from chortle.01-v predicate notes)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
chortle (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: chortler (the jabberwocky) (vnrole: 40.2-Agent, 37.3-Agent)
        Arg1-PPT: utterance, theme (vnrole: 37.3-Topic, 40.2-Theme)
        Arg2-GOL: hearer (vnrole: 37.3-Recipient, 40.2-Recipient)

Example: basic usage

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

        John chortled softly.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: chortled
        Argm-mnr: softly

Example: the original usage

        person: third,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: participle

        [?And hast thou slain the Jabberwock?Come to my arms, my beamish boy!O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!?]-1He chortled *trace*-1 in his joy.

        Arg0: He
        Rel: chortled
        Arg1: *trace*-1: ["And hast though slain the jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O Frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!"]
        Argm-adv: in his joy

Example: Corpus example with utterance

        person: third,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: participle

        [`` Those lovely whorls '']-1 , he chortled *trace*-1.

        Arg0: He
        Rel: chortled
        Arg1: *trace*-1: ["Those lovely whorls"]

Roleset id: chortle.02 , move while chortling, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

chortle.02: CHORTLE-V NOTES: Frames file for 'chortle' based on sentences in wsj. Verbnet entry 40.2, 37.3. The classic example of a blended neologism; dates to Lewis Carroll and stems from chuckle+snort. (from chortle.02-v predicate notes)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
chortle (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: chortler
        Arg1-PPT: path

Example: chant and chortle both!

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

        Keeping the mood light, the two then chanted and chortled their way through some murderous polyrhythms, devised by Mr. Douglas as an alternative to Hindemith's dry theory-teaching techniques, and then, with Mr. Gomez, soared and improvised on the composer's tight ``Bebop Etudes.''

        Argm: Keeping the mood light
        Arg0: the two
        Argm-tmp: then
        Rel: chortled
        Arg1: their way
        Argm-dir: through some murderous polyrhythms, devised by Mr. Douglas as an alternative to Hindemith's dry theory-teaching techniques