Roleset grunt.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "speak gruntingly":

Roles:

Arg0:speaker


Arg1:utterance


Arg2:listener

Examples:

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


intransitive, as an animal (-)
...and the men grunted and followed, pushing Lester to the side where he back against the wall with the sleeve of his jacket raised before his eyesto shut out the light.
Arg0:	the men
REL:	grunted
Argm-ADV:	pushing Lester to the side where he back against the wall with the sleeve of his jacket raised before his eyesto shut out the light

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


utterance, sorta (-)
He grunted a sort of ``yes'' answer.
Arg0:	He
REL:	grunted
Arg1:	a sort of ``yes'' answer

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


with listener (-)
Sometimes he would grunt softly to some invisible onlooker beside him.
Argm-TMP:	Sometimes
Arg0:	he
Argm-MOD:	would
REL:	grunt
Argm-MNR:	softly
Arg2-to:	some invisible onlooker beside him

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


a proper utterance (-)
``It does'', Shayne grunted *trace* sourly, still able to taste her mouth on his in the Green Jungle parking lot.
Arg0:	Shayne
REL:	grunted
Arg1:	*trace* -> It does
Argm-MNR:	sourly
Argm-ADV:	still able to taste her mouth on his in the Green Jungle parking lot

Ah, romance!