Roleset chatter.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "make rapid talking noises":

Roles:

Arg0:emitter of noise, speaker


Arg1:topic, if arg0=speaker

Examples:

person: ns tense: past aspect: ns voice: active form: full


usually intransitive (-)
Her teeth chattered so that she made three attempts at speech before she became intelligible.
Arg0:	Her teeth
REL:	chattered
Argm-ADV:	so that she made three attempts at speech before she became intelligible

person: ns tense: past aspect: both voice: active form: participle


with manner (-)
Two women, who [*T*-2] had been chattering like parrots, were struck dumb.
Arg0:	[*T*-2] -> who -> Two women
REL:	chattering
Argm-MNR:	like parrots

person: ns tense: ns aspect: progressive voice: active form: participle


with topic (-)
Maggie was looking much happier already, [*-1] clearing a space on the table and chattering about how she could put up a typewriter right there...
Arg0:	[*-1] -> Maggie
REL:	chattering
Arg1-about:	about how she could put a typewriter right there