Rolesets - clown

clown

clown.01 - to act like a clown

CLOWN-V NOTES: Frames file for "clown" and "clown around" based on sentences in ectb2. No VerbNet entry; Comparison with "joke". (from clown.01-v predicate notes)

Aliases:

clown (v.)

Roles:

ARG0-PAG: clown
ARG1-PPT: other party clowning, clown with
ARG2-PPT: subject, joke, clowning about what

With two parties

The fatherARG0
clownedrel
with his kidsARG1
in the family roomARGM-LOC
.

clown_around

clown_around.02 - to act like a clown

CLOWN_AROUND-V NOTES: (from clown.02-v)
Identical arguments to "clown." (from clown.02-v)

Aliases:

clown_around (v.)

Roles:

ARG0-PAG: first joker
ARG1-PPT: other joker, clowned-around-with
ARG2-PPT: clowning around about what? subject, joke

Agent only

But when they arrived there ,
the workersARG0
formed their own groups , laughing and
clowningrel
aroundrel
, and left him to get on with barbecuing the meat .