pontificate
pontificate.01 - talk like the pope
PONTIFICATE-V NOTES: Pontificate, unlike other verbs of saying, is usually intransitive,showing a mode of behavior more than any specific act of speaking. (from pontificate.01-v)PONTIFICATING-N NOTES: Added by Julia based on BOLT-5, pontificate-v.01. Corresponds to VNcls lecture-37.11-1. (from pontificating.01-n)
Aliases:
pontificating (n.)
pontificate (v.)
pontificate (v.)
Roles:
ARG0-PAG: speaker (Pope)
ARG1-PPT: utterance
ARG2-GOL: listener
ARG1-PPT: utterance
ARG2-GOL: listener
just transitive
WitnessesARG0
shout , scream , pontificaterel
: `` ... a dream that the planet could be saved from itself and from the sadistic dumb creatures who try to tear down every decent man who raises his voiceARG1
. ''args 0, 1
Alex continues
hisARG0
pontificatingrel
about the best TV from this past seasonARG1
.