Looking "V at n" construction
Form
NP
Perceiver
Verb
at
NP
Phenomenon
Examples
Perceiver
He
Verb
looked
at
at
Phenomenon
[the stains on his hands.]
Perceiver
[The water boy]
was
Verb
laughing
at
at
Phenomenon
me.
Meaning
A Perceiver turns his or her gaze towards a Phenomenon.
Roles
Perceiver
The person who is looking at the Phenomenon.
Phenomenon
What the Perceiver turns his or her gaze to.
Frames
Inherits from
Sub-constructions
Lexical items ( Verb slot)
Scrutiny
look
Chapple looked at conviction rates in Seattle, Washington.
Perception_active
gape
I gaped at the speaker as if she were a mirage.
gawk
All the other dealers were gawking at Sir Willie, gasping at the sight of him in all his glory.
gawp
Cornelius snatched the newspaper and gawped at it in disbelief.
gaze
I gazed at the devastation from behind a stone horsetrough.
glance
The Bishop glanced at his watch.
glare
He glared at Mr Catlett, who quailed before this rare intimidation from a man who was normally jovial and kind.
glower
He glowered at old Donald, as though to brand the accusation on to him too.
goggle
Huw goggled at him — then his face creased into laughter.
leer
He leered at her and she wanted to strike him.
look
He looked at the stains on his hands.
ogle
By comparison, fans have ogled at Mickelson in amazement as he's spent an inordinate amount of time signing autographs after his rounds.
peek
It would be wrong to peek at the ending.
peep
This was not one of the women he had peeped at on other occasions.
peer
Now they're all sitting in offices peering at screens from seven in the morning.
squint
Gurder squinted at the sun again.
stare
She stared at him in astonishment for several silent seconds.