Roleset mouth.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "say silently":

Roles:

Arg0:speaker


Arg1:utterance


Arg2:hearer

Examples:

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


no mentioned hearer (-)
I felt the temblor begin and glanced at the table next to mine, smiled that guilty smile and we both mouthed the words, ``Earth-quake!'' together.
Arg0:	we both
REL:	mouthed
Arg1:	the words, ``Earth-quake!''
ArgM-MNR:	together

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


with 'hearer' (-)
John mouthed, ``drop dead, you hateful bitch'' at Mary while her back was turned.
Arg0:	John
REL:	mouthed
Arg1:	``drop dead, you hateful bitch''
Arg2-at:	Mary
Argm-TMP:	while her back was turned

Hmm, is John starting to stand up for himself?