Predicate
whistle:
Frames file for 'whistle' based on sentences in wsj. Verbnet
entries 26.7-1, 37.3, 40.2.
Roleset whistle.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "make a whistling noise":
Roles:
Arg0:maker of noise
Arg1:noise itself, tune, utterance
Arg2:hearer
Examples:
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whistling Dixie (-) |
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person: ns
tense: ns
aspect: progressive
voice: active
form: participle
I don't think anyone left the place *trace* whistling Dixie.''
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| Arg0: | *trace* -> anyone |
| REL: | whistling |
| Arg1: | Dixie |
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with hearer (-) |
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person: ns
tense: past
aspect: ns
voice: active
form: full
John whistled at Mary, whereupon she slugged him.
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| Arg0: | John |
| REL: | whistled |
| Arg2-at: | Mary |
Why, Mary, why are you so violent?