Posing_as : masquerade-29.6












[22 : Somebody ----s PP ]



NP (Agent) V () NP (Simulated_entity)
NP (Simulated_entity) V () PP[by] (Agent) PP[in] (Place)
NP (Simulated_entity) V () PP[by] (Agent)
NP (Agent) V () NP (Simulated_entity) PP[at] (Time)
NP (Agent) V () PP.attribute (Attribute)
NP (Agent) V () PP.attribute[in] (Attribute)
NP (Agent) V () NP (Attribute)


Examples from WordNet


he is masquerading as an expert on the internet
This silly novel is masquerading as a serious historical treaty



Examples from VerbNet


They serve a restricted role on the bench.
Dina masqueraded as a lawyer.
Dina acted like a cretin.
He had served in financial planning positions.



Examples from SemCor


Professionally a lawyer, that_is_to_say with dignity, reserve, discipline, with much that is essentially middle-class, he is compelled by an impossible love to exhibit himself dressed_up, disguised-, paradoxically, revealed- as a child, and, worse, as a whore masquerading as a child.