Rolesets - silhouette

silhouette

silhouette.01 - project a shadow or contour against a background

SILHOUETTE-V NOTES: Roleset added by Julia based on example in Brown corpus. No Vncls. (from silhouette.01-v)
Sometimes the lightsource can be the background-- pay attention to the syntax to distinguish Arg-0 from Arg-2 (from silhouette.01-v)

Aliases:

silhouette (v.)

Roles:

ARG0-CAU: lightsource causing the silhouette
ARG1-PPT: theme. the silhouette
ARG2-LOC: background against which the silhouette is seen

Passive with agent

The last I saw as I laid my head upon soft cushions on a down pallet was
JoscelinARG1
silhouettedrel
by lamplightARG0

Passive with background

He was standing now with
his heavy chinARG1
silhouettedrel
against the flickering light of the candle on the tableARG2
.