Predicate: stammer
Roleset id: stammer.01 , not speak clearly, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
stammer.01: STAMMER-V NOTES: Not sure if arg2 will ever really appear. (from stammer.01-v)
Aliases:
| Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
|---|
| stammer (v.) | | |
Roles:
Arg0-PAG: speaker
Arg1-PPT: utterance
Arg2-GOL: listener
Example: intransitive
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
Amateur linguists note here that Pursewarden, in Durrell's Alexandria Quartet, stammered when he spoke of his wife, which is hardly surprising in view of their disastrous relationship.
Arg0: Pursewarden
Argm-loc: in Durrell's Alexandria Quartet
Rel: stammered
Argm-tmp: when he spoke of his wife
Argm-adv: which is hardly surprising in view of their disastrous relationship
Example: with utterance
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
She stammered, ``You heard what he said about police?''
Arg0: She
Rel: stammered
Arg1: ``You heard what he said about police?''
Example: with listener
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
``I'm sorry,'' Mary stammered to John.
Arg1: ``I'm sorry''
Arg0: Mary
Rel: stammered
Arg2: to John