Predicate: whine
whine: Frames file for 'whine' based on sentences in brown.
Roleset id: whine.01 , emit high-pitched continuous sound, vncls: 38 37.8 37.3 43.2, framnet: Motion_noise Complaining Make_noise Communication_noise
whine.01: Updated by Julia, 10/2010. Member of Vncls animal_sounds-38, complain-37.8, manner_speaking-37.3, sound_emission-43.2.
Roles:
Arg0: emitter of noise, whiner (vnrole: 38-agent, 37.8-agent, 37.3-agent, 43.2-theme)
Arg1: the whine, or its subject-matter (vnrole: 38-stimulus, 37.8-topic, 37.3-topic)
Arg2: hearer (vnrole: 38-recipient, 37.8-recipient, 37.3-recipient)
Example: straight intransitive
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
Wires whined as a cold November blast rocked the silver wings,
but the engine roar was reassuring to the pilot bundled in the open
cockpit.
Arg0: Wires
Rel: whined
Argm-tmp: as a cold November blast rocked the silver wings
Example: adjectival
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: progressive, voice: active, form: participle
He would no longer have to see that fat face, hear that whining voice.
Rel: whining
Arg0: voice
Example: with aspects of motion
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: progressive, voice: active, form: participle
When it was followed by a second , whining [*] even closer,
Cobb swerved sharply aside into a depression.
Arg0: a second
Rel: whining
Argm-dir: even closer
Example: all args
person: third, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: participle
John whined to his mommy that he hated looking like a girl
Arg0: he
Rel: whined
Arg2: to his mommy
Arg1: that he hated looking like a girl