Predicate: sputter

sputter: Frames file for 'sputter' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. Verbnet class 43.2, no other framed members. No comparison.

Roleset id: sputter.01 , make sounds like a motorboat, vncls: 43.2, framnet:

sputter.01: Might also see 'sputter' as verb-of-saying, in which case refer to 'say'.

Roles:

        Arg0: maker of sounds (vnrole: 43.2-Agent)

Example: falter, etc.

        Comprehensive Care had agreed to be acquired by closely held First
        Hospital Corp. of Norfolk, Va., but the sale sputtered almost from
        the beginning and finally collapsed last week.

        Arg0: the sale
        Rel: sputtered
        ArgM-TMP: almost from the beginning