Rolesets - nickname

nickname

nickname.01 - assign a nickname

NICKNAME-V NOTES: The fact that the active seems awkward (at best) might indicate that"nicknamed"is a predicative adjective, not a passivized verb. (from nickname.01-v)

Aliases:

nickname (v.)

Roles:

ARG0-PAG: namer
ARG1-PPT: named
ARG2-PRD: name

passive

While Mr. Roderick was reared in the shadows of Pittsburgh 's smoking mills , Mr. Corry grew up in Cincinnati ,
a cityARG1
nicknamedrel
``
PorkapolisARG2
'' and more accustomed to pork chops than pig iron .

ARG1 and ARG2 and ARG0

FittinglyARGM-ADV
,
the Tela AccordsARG1
were
nicknamedrel
by HonduransARG0
``
the Dodd planARG2
. ''