Predicate: stammer

stammer: Frames file for 'stammer' based on sentences in brown.

Roleset id: stammer.01 , not speak clearly, vncls: , framnet:

stammer.01: Not sure if arg2 will ever really appear.

Roles:

        Arg0: speaker
        Arg1: utterance
        Arg2: listener

Example: intransitive

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

        Amateur linguists note here that Pursewarden, in Durrell's Alexandria
        Quartet, stammered when he spoke of his wife, which is hardly
        surprising in view of their disastrous relationship.

        Arg0: Pursewarden
        Argm-LOC: in Durrell's Alexandria Quartet
        Rel: stammered
        Argm-TMP: when he spoke of his wife
        Argm-ADV: which is hardly surprising in view of their disastrous relationship

Example: with utterance

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

        She stammered, ``You heard what he said about police?''

        Arg0: She
        Rel: stammered
        Arg1: ``You heard what he said about police?''

Example: with listener

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

        ``I'm sorry,'' Mary stammered to John.

        Arg1: ``I'm sorry''
        Arg0: Mary
        Rel: stammered
        Arg2: to John