Predicate: grunt
Roleset id: grunt.02 , speak gruntingly, vncls: 37.3 38, framnet: Communication_noise , Make_noise
grunt.02: Based on Brown. Member of Vncls animal_sounds-38, manner_speaking-37.3.
Roles:
Arg0: speaker (vnrole: 37.3-agent, 38-agent)
Arg1: utterance (vnrole: 37.3-topic, 38-theme)
Arg2: listener (vnrole: 37.3-recipient, 38-recipient)
Example: intransitive, as an animal
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
...and the men grunted and followed, pushing Lester to the side
where he back against the wall with the sleeve of his jacket
raised before his eyesto shut out the light.
Arg0: the men
Rel: grunted
Argm-adv: pushing Lester to the side where he back against the wall with the sleeve of his jacket raised before his eyesto shut out the light
Example: utterance, sorta
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
He grunted a sort of ``yes'' answer.
Arg0: He
Rel: grunted
Arg1: a sort of ``yes'' answer
Example: with listener
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
Sometimes he would grunt softly to some invisible onlooker beside him.
Argm-tmp: Sometimes
Arg0: he
Argm-mod: would
Rel: grunt
Argm-mnr: softly
Arg2: to some invisible onlooker beside him
Example: a proper utterance
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
[``It does'',]-1 Shayne grunted *trace*-1 sourly, still able to taste
her mouth on his in the Green Jungle parking lot.
Arg0: Shayne
Rel: grunted
Arg1: *trace*
Argm-mnr: sourly
Argm-adv: still able to taste her mouth on his in the Green Jungle parking lot