Roleset whirl.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "move in a circle or spiral, quickly":

Roles:

Arg1:thing in motion


Arg2:axis (rare)

Examples:

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


straight intransitive (-)
They whirled and saw him, standing there dim in the slatted light from the boarded freight wall.
Arg1:	They
REL:	whirled

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


particle as axis (-)
He whirled around, suddenly hot all over, finding the man who had been standing before him a few moments back, nailing him to the spot on which he now stood, open-mouthed.
Arg1:	He
REL:	whirled
Arg2:	around

person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: active form: infinitive


not an axis (-)
A tune began [*-1] to whirl inside his head .
Arg1:	[*-1] -> A tune
REL:	whirl
Argm-LOC:	inside his head

person: ns tense: past aspect: ns voice: active form: full
or not

a real axis (-)
John whirled around the fencepost.
Arg1:	John
REL:	whirled
Arg2-around:	the fencepost