Commentary: Syntax
Examples:
The property butts Escanaba Paper land.
My lawn butts Charles Street.
The land marches with the plaintiff's land, butts and bounds on it.
The Fairmont property butts against the TPC Scottsdale course.
Our shabby lawn butts up to his!
A private lawn butts up against a runway safety area.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NP
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
butt_against 1
butt_on 1
Commentary: Syntax
Examples:
He butted her with such force that over she went!
He butted her and stamped his hooves whenever she came near him.
He butt his head against the carport.
He had to butt his hard head against many brick walls.
She would butt her head against yours.
Mappings:
VerbNet: bump-18.4-1, hit-18.1
FrameNet: Cause_harm
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
butt_against 2
Commentary: Syntax
Examples:
Butt the frame pieces together as shown in the Elevation Drawing.
I can butt the frame right up to the hearth.
So, either butt the frame to the CMU, or separate the frame from the wall.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3
Commentary: Synax
Examples:
She seems concerned, but she never butts in.
Mom is always butting in on our conversations.
Allentown man butts in on judge at sentencing.
Kathie Lee Butts in on Zac Efron's Today Show Interview.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: butt.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
butt_in 1
Commentary: Syntax
Examples:
She really needs to butt out.
I told my mom to butt out!
I wish they would butt out of our national conversation.
The city should butt out of Wal-Mart's biz.
Congress should butt out on steroids.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM