Predicate: grumble

grumble: Frames file for 'grumble' based on sentences in financial subcorpus and automatic expansion via verbnet.

Roleset id: grumble.01 , grumble, vncls: 37.3 37.8, framnet: Complaining

Roles:

        Arg0: grumbler (vnrole: 37.3-agent, 37.8-agent)
        Arg1: utterance (vnrole: 37.3-topic, 37.8-topic)
        Arg2: hearer (vnrole: 37.3-recipient, 37.8-recipient)

Example: no hearer

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

        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

Example: with hearer

        John grumbled in Mary's ear.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: grumbled
        Arg2: in Mary's ear

Example: complaint as nominal

        [Several Big Board firms]-1 are organizing *trace*-1 to grumble about
        program trading and the exchange's role in it.

        Arg0: *trace*
        Rel: grumble
        Arg1: about program trading and the exchange 's role in it