Predicate: cock
Roleset id: cock.01 , set at an angle, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
cock.01: COCK-V NOTES: Member of VNcls crane-40.3.2. Updated by Julia, 11/2010. (from cock.01-v)
Aliases:
Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
cock (v.) | Body_movement | |
Roles:
        Arg0-PAG: setter at upward angle (vnrole: 40.3.2-Agent)
        Arg1-PPT: angled thing (vnrole: 40.3.2-Patient, 40.3.2-Theme)
Example: cocked cap
        person: ns,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full
        He, too, cocked his cap at a jaunty angle, jingled marbles in his pocket, and swaggered down Main Street.
        Arg0: He
        Argm-dis: too
        Rel: cocked
        Arg1: his cap
        Argm-mnr: at a jaunty angle
Example: cocked head
        person: ns,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full
        He stood up, cocked his head and eyed Gun coldly.
        Arg0: He
        Rel: cocked
        Arg1: his head
Example: semi-idiomatic: cock a snook
        person: third,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: participle
        ... in choosing to be a bride of Christ they inevitably cocked a snook at lesser male fry .
        Argm-adv: in choosing to be a bride of Christ
        Arg0: they
        Argm-adv: inevitably
        Rel: cocked
        Arg1: a snook
        Argm-gol: at lesser male fry