Roleset sigh.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "manner of speaking":

Roles:

Arg0:speaker


Arg1:utterance


Arg2:hearer

Examples:

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


all args (-)
Sen. Cranston, as he returned to the capital last week from a one-day trip to inspect earthquake damage in San Francisco, sighed to an aide: ``Well, back to Keatingland.
Arg0:	Sen. Cranston
ArgM-TMP:	as he returned to the capital last week from a one-day trip to inspect earthquake damage in San Francisco
REL:	sighed
Arg2-to:	an aide
Arg1:	Well, back to Keatingland

Roleset sigh.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "breathe heavily, once":

Roles:

Arg0:sigh-er

Examples:

person: ns tense: ns aspect: progressive voice: active form: participle


with manner (-)
Among those sighing with relief was John H. Gutfreund, chairman of Salomon Brothers, who took to the firm's trading floor to monitor yesterday's events.
Arg0:	those
REL:	sighing
ArgM-MNR:	with relief