Roleset grumble.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "grumble":

Roles:

Arg0:grumbler


Arg1:utterance


Arg2:hearer

Examples:

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


no hearer (-)
Similarly, Honda Motor Co.'s sales are so brisk that workers grumble they haven't had a Saturday off in years, despite the government's encouragement of more leisure activity.
Arg0:	workers
REL:	grumble
Arg1:	they haven't had a Saturday off in years, despite the government's encouragement of more leisure activity




with hearer (-)
John grumbled in Mary's ear.
Arg0:	John
REL:	grumbled
Arg2-in:	Mary's ear




complaint as nominal (-)
Several Big Board firms are organizing *trace* to grumble about program trading and the exchange's role in it.
Arg0:	*trace* -> Several Big Board firms
REL:	grumble
Arg1-about:	program trading and the exchange 's role in it