babble-v; 3 Senses

Sense Number 1: Utter meaningless sounds, as a baby might; utter something incomprehensible.

Commentary: Includes: BABBLE ON

Examples:
That old man babbles all the time.
The baby babbled at his mother.
The two women babbled and crooned at the youngster.
What are you babbling on about?

Mappings:
VerbNet: manner_speaking-37.3
FrameNet: Communication_manner
PropBank: NP
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 2

Sense Number 2: Flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise.

Commentary:
NOTE: Be careful of adjectival uses.

Examples:
The creek babbles from one town to the next.

Mappings:
VerbNet: sound_emission-43.2
FrameNet: Make_noise
PropBank: NP
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3

Sense Number 3: Divulge confidential information or secrets.

Commentary:
NOTE: Compare to Sense 1; in Sense 3, the babbling produces truth-conditional semantic utterances.

Examples:
Be careful - his secretary babbles!
Don't babble a word to anyone!

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: Communication_manner
PropBank: NP
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4