Roleset gasp.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "breathe hard":

Roles:

Arg0:breather


Arg1:air, hopefully

Examples:

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


gasp for air (-)
Never once did she gasp for air or mop her brow.
ArgM-TMP:	Never once
Arg0:	she
REL:	gasp
Arg1-for:	air

Usually as 'gasp for'?

Roleset gasp.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "say breathily":

Roles:

Arg0:speaker


Arg1:utterance


Arg2:hearer

Examples:

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


no hearer (-)
"The British are coming!" gasped John.
Arg1:	The British are coming!
REL:	gasped
Arg0:	John

Expect the usual range of syntaces as the other verbs-of-saying.