Roleset whine.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "emit high-pitched continuous sound":

Roles:

Arg0:emitter of noise, whiner

Examples:

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


straight intransitive (-)
Wires whined as a cold November blast rocked the silver wings, but the engine roar was reassuring to the pilot bundled in the open cockpit.
Arg0:	Wires
REL:	whined
Argm-TMP:	as a cold November blast rocked the silver wings

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


adjectival (-)
He would no longer have to see that fat face, hear that whining voice.
REL:	whining
Arg0:	voice

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


with aspects of motion (-)
When it was followed by a second , whining [*] even closer, Cobb swerved sharply aside into a depression.
Arg0:	a second
REL:	whining
Argm-LOC:	even closer