Predicate: muffle
muffle: Frames file for 'muffle' based on sentences in wsj. No Verbnet entry.
Roleset id: muffle.01 , diminish loudness (of a sound), vncls: 42.3, framnet:
Roles:
Arg0: agentive muffler (vnrole: 42.3-Agent)
Arg1: sound (vnrole: 42.3-Patient)
Arg2: instrumental muffler (vnrole: 42.3-Instrument)
Example: passive with instrument
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
No one speaks, and the snaking of the ropes seems to make as much
sound as [the bells themselves]-1, *trace*-1 muffled *trace*-1 by the
ceiling.
Rel: muffled
Arg1: *trace*
Arg2: by the ceiling
Example: agentive
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
John muffled his laughter at Mary's slipping on the ice.
Arg0: John
Rel: muffled
Arg1: his laughter at Mary's slipping on the ice