Roleset grin.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "smile broadly":

Roles:

Arg0:grinner

Examples:

person: third tense: past aspect: progressive voice: active form: participle


happy happy (-)
John was grinning because he'd finally changed Mary's mind on the whole violence issue.
Arg0:	John
REL:	grinning
Argm-CAU:	because he'd finally changed Mary's mind on the whole violence issue

Roleset grin.02 Verbnet Class: 1 "speak while grinning":

Roles:

Arg0:grinner


Arg1:utterance


Arg2:listener

Examples:

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


figures that wsj uses the odd usage (-)
Grinned [*ICH*-1] Griffith Peck, a trader in Shearson Lehman Hutton Inc.'s OTC department: ``I tell you, this market acts healthy.''
REL:	Grinned
Arg1:	[*ICH*-1] -> I tell you, this market acts healthy
Arg0:	Griffith Peck, a trader in Shearson Lehman Hutton Inc.'s OTC department