Predicate: butter
Roleset id: butter.01 , spread butter on something, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
butter.01: BUTTER-V NOTES: Hand-corrected by Claire (from butter.01-v)
Aliases:
| Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
|---|
| butter (v.) | | |
Roles:
Arg0-PAG: Chef, butterer (vnrole: 9.9-Agent)
Arg1-GOL: Bread, location/entity being covered in butter (vnrole: 9.9-Destination)
Arg2-PPT: Butter itself, margarine (vnrole: 9.9-Theme)
Example: All arguments
She butters her bread with Land O'Hates and it comes out of her pores.
Arg0: She
Rel: butters
Arg1: her bread
Arg2: with land O'Hates
Example: All arguments, accidental arg2
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: ns
In the agitation consequent upon this incident she butters her bread with the lard, and takes an enormous bite on the way up stairs.
Argm-tmp: In the agitation consequent upon this incident
Arg0: she
Rel: butters
Arg1: her bread
Arg2: with the lard
Predicate: butter_up
Roleset id: butter_up.02 , soften up by flattery, with an aim of getting something, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
butter_up.02: BUTTER_UP-V, BUTTERING_UP-N NOTES: Added by Julia.
Aliases:
| Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
|---|
| butter_up (v.) | | |
| buttering_up (n.) | | |
Roles:
Arg0-PAG: butterer/flatterer
Arg1-PPT: entity buttered up
Arg2-MNR: buttery behavior employed
Example: butter_up-v
If you rub them up the wrong way when you-1 're trying *PRO*-1 to butter them up, you won't just jeopardize your official position, you won't even know what the consequences will be.
Arg0: *PRO*-1
Rel: [butter][up]
Arg1: them
Example: buttering_up-n
And their buttering Him up with flattery before they asked it didn't make it any less obvious.
Arg0: their
Rel: [buttering][up]
Arg1: him
Arg2: with flattery