Rolesets - puff

puff

puff.01 - smoke tobacco

PUFF-V NOTES: Frames file for 'puff' based on sentences in brown. (from puff.01-v predicate notes)

Aliases:

puff (v.)
puffing (n.)

Roles:

ARG0-PAG: candidate for lung cancer
ARG1-PPT: cigarette, etc

straight transitive

Not long ago
an acquaintance , a slick - headed water rat of a lad up from the maw of the cityARG0
, stood on the balcony
puffingrel
his first cigarette in weeksARG1
.

adessive

RachelARG0
wore a smart hat and , because she had been warned recently about smoking ,
puffedrel
at her cigarettesARG1
through a long ivory holder stained with lipstickARGM-MNR
.

puff.02 - inflate slightly

PUFF-V NOTES: Frames file for 'puff' based on sentences in brown. (from puff.02-v predicate notes)

Aliases:

puff (v.)
puffing (n.)

Roles:

ARG1-PPT: puffy thing

only adjectival?

He breathed now with his mouth open , showing a whitely curving section of lower teeth ; he kept his eyes , with their
puffedrel
blurred
lidsARG1
, always lowered , though not , apparently , focusing .

puff_up

puff_up.03 - increase

PUFF_UP-V NOTES: (from puff.03-v)

Aliases:

puff_up (v.)

Roles:

ARG0-PAG: cause of increase
ARG1-PPT: thing increasing

puff up the volume

It is interesting that , although the percentage of married students is not appreciably higher at Brooklyn than elsewhere -- about 30 per cent of the women and 25 per cent of the men in the graduating class --
the anxiety of the unmarriedARG0
has
puffedrel
uprel
the estimateARG1
.

puff_up.04 - appear in puffs

PUFF_UP-V NOTES: (from puff.04-v)

Aliases:

puff_up (v.)

Roles:

ARG1-PPT: thing appearing

old west

After walking out to his corral that morning , he 'd been amazed to see
the dustARG1
puffrel
uprel
in front of his feetARGM-LOC
.