Predicate: spout
Roleset id: spout.01 , emit liquid, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
spout.01: SPOUT-V NOTES: Frames file for 'spout' based on sentences in wsj. Verbnet entry 43.4. (from spout.01-v predicate notes)
Aliases:
Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
spout (v.) | | |
Roles:
        Arg0-DIR: spouter (vnrole: 43.4-Source)
        Arg1-PPT: liquid (vnrole: 43.4-Theme)
Example: metaphorical liquid
        person: ns,  tense: present,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full
        There are moments in this ``Summerfolk'' when the characters populating the vast multilevel country house (which looks like a parody of Frank Lloyd Wright and is designed by Victoria Petrovich) spout philosophic bon mots with the self-conscious rat-a-tat-tat pacing of ``Laugh In.''
        Arg0: the characters populating the vast multilevel country house (which looks like a parody of Frank Lloyd Wright and is designed by Victoria Petrovich)
        Rel: spout
        Arg1: philosophic bon mots
        Argm-mnr: with the self-conscious rat-a-tat-tat pacing of ``LaughIn
Predicate: spout_off
Roleset id: spout_off.02 , say flippantly or quickly, phrasal, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
spout_off.02: SPOUT_OFF-V NOTES: Added by Julia based on Call Home. No VNcls. (from spout.02-v)
Aliases:
Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
spout_off (v.) | | |
Roles:
        Arg0-PAG: speaker
        Arg1-DIR: explicit mention of 'mouth' (or equivalent)
        Arg2-PPT: utterance iteslf (quote/ 'that __')
        Arg3-VSP: subject matter of utterance ('about __')
Example: with arg1
        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns
        Anyway so I spouted my mouth off
        Argm-dis: Anyway
        Argm-dis: so
        Arg0: I
        Rel: [spouted] [off]
        Arg1: my mouth
Example: args 0, 1, 3 and GOL
        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns
        That scum-sucking Dawi Zooter-something spouted his mouth off to them about working for Mumbleburg.
        Arg0: That scum-sucking Dawi Zooter-something
        Rel: [spouted] [off]
        Arg1: his mouth
        Argm-gol: to them
        Arg3: about working for Mumbleburg.
Example: args 0 and 1
        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns
        he spouted off that it was no doubt some disgruntled Tea Party guy.
        Arg0: he
        Rel: [spouted] [off]
        Arg1: that it was no doubt some disgruntled Tea Party guy
Example: NP as arg2
        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns
        You just spouted off dates.
        Arg0: You
        Argm-tmp: just
        Rel: [spouted] [off]
        Arg2: dates