Predicate: grunt

Roleset id: grunt.02 , speak gruntingly, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

grunt.02: GRUNT-V NOTES: Based on Brown. Member of Vncls animal_sounds-38, manner_speaking-37.3. (from grunt.02-v)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
grunt (v.)Communication_noise Make_noise

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: speaker (vnrole: 37.3-Agent, 38-Agent)
        Arg1-PPT: utterance (vnrole: 37.3-Topic, 38-Theme)
        Arg2-GOL: listener (vnrole: 37.3-Recipient, 38-Recipient)

Example: intransitive, as an animal

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

        ...and the men grunted and followed, pushing Lester to the side where he back against the wall with the sleeve of his jacket raised before his eyesto shut out the light.

        Arg0: the men
        Rel: grunted
        Argm-adv: pushing Lester to the side where he back against the wall with the sleeve of his jacket raised before his eyesto shut out the light

Example: utterance, sorta

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

        He grunted a sort of ``yes'' answer.

        Arg0: He
        Rel: grunted
        Arg1: a sort of ``yes'' answer

Example: with listener

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

        Sometimes he would grunt softly to some invisible onlooker beside him.

        Argm-tmp: Sometimes
        Arg0: he
        Argm-mod: would
        Rel: grunt
        Argm-mnr: softly
        Arg2: to some invisible onlooker beside him

Example: a proper utterance

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

        [``It does'',]-1 Shayne grunted *trace*-1 sourly, still able to taste her mouth on his in the Green Jungle parking lot.

        Arg0: Shayne
        Rel: grunted
        Arg1: *trace*
        Argm-mnr: sourly
        Argm-adv: still able to taste her mouth on his in the Green Jungle parking lot