butter
butter.01 - spread butter on something
BUTTER-V NOTES: Hand-corrected by Claire (from butter.01-v)Aliases:
butter (v.)
Roles:
ARG0-PAG: Chef, butterer
ARG1-GOL: Bread, location/entity being covered in butter
ARG2-PPT: Butter itself, margarine
ARG1-GOL: Bread, location/entity being covered in butter
ARG2-PPT: Butter itself, margarine
All arguments
SheARG0
buttersrel
her breadARG1
with Land O'HatesARG2
and it comes out of her pores .All arguments, accidental arg2
In the agitation consequent upon this incidentARGM-TMP
sheARG0
buttersrel
her breadARG1
with the lardARG2
, and takes an enormous bite on the way up stairs .butter_up
butter_up.02 - soften up by flattery, with an aim of getting something
BUTTER_UP-V, BUTTERING_UP-N NOTES: Added by Julia.Aliases:
butter_up (v.)
buttering_up (n.)
buttering_up (n.)
Roles:
ARG0-PAG: butterer/flatterer
ARG1-PPT: entity buttered up
ARG2-MNR: buttery behavior employed
ARG1-PPT: entity buttered up
ARG2-MNR: buttery behavior employed
butter_up-v
If you rub them up the wrong way when
youARG0
're trying to butterrel
themARG1
uprel
, you wo n't just jeopardize your official position , you wo n't even know what the consequences will be .buttering_up-n
And
theirARG0
butteringrel
HimARG1
uprel
with flatteryARG2
before they asked it did n't make it any less obvious .