belittle
belittle.01 - make seem insignificant
BELITTLE-V NOTES: Frames file for 'belittle' based on sentences in wsj. No access to Verbnet at the moment. (from belittle.01-v predicate notes)BELITTLING-N NOTES: Roleset based on instances in BOLT P01. Comparison to verb entry belittle.01, which maps to VN class 33. FrameNet Judgment_communication. (from belittling.01-n)
Aliases:
belittle (v.)
belittling (n.)
belittling (n.)
Roles:
ARG0-PAG: causer of apparent insignificance, agent
ARG1-PPT: apparently insignificant thing
ARG1-PPT: apparently insignificant thing
ha ha
Mr. Stanley is on trial over charges that he violated a proclamation , issued by the South African administrator general earlier this year , which made it a crime punishable by two years in prison for
any personARG0
to `` insult , disparate or belittlerel
'' the election commissionARG1
.All args
You might want to join up with them , because
yourARG0
constantARGM-TMP
belittlingrel
of the black maleARG1
affects your children 's attitude towards others .