Frames file for 'sputter' based on sentences in financial
subcorpus. Verbnet class 43.2, no other framed members. No
comparison.
Roleset sputter.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "make sounds like a motorboat":
Roles:
Arg0:maker of sounds
Examples:
falter, etc. (-)
Comprehensive Care had agreed to be acquired by closely held First
Hospital Corp. of Norfolk, Va., but the sale sputtered almost from
the beginning and finally collapsed last week.
Arg0:
the sale
REL:
sputtered
ArgM-TMP:
almost from the beginning
Might also see 'sputter' as verb-of-saying, in which case refer to 'say'.