Predicate: whir
whir: Frames file for 'whir' based on sentences in brown.
Roleset id: whir.01 , make a soft swishing sound, vncls: 43.2, framnet: Motion_noise
whir.01: VN updated by Julia, 10/2010. Member of Vncls sound_emission-43.2
Roles:
Arg1: emitter of sound (vnrole: 43.2-theme)
Example: intransitive
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: ns
The sounds issuing from beyond -- winches whirring , men shouting -- indicated great activity and excited me .
Arg1: winches
Rel: whirring