Assertion: verb | /r/HasAspect | no object
Facets:
Source sentences:
text: (Here the verb smiled is intransitive because it has no object.)
text: To decide whether the verb is being used transitively or intransitively, all you need to do is determine whether the verb has an object.
text: (Here the verb smiled is intransitive because it has no object.)
text: (Here the verb cried is intransitive because it has no object.)
text: (Here the verb cried is intransitive because it has no object.)
text: (Here the verb sat is intransitive because it has no object.)
text: If such a verb also has an object, then the particle may precede or follow the object, although it will normally follow the object if the object is a pronoun (pick the pen up or pick up the pen, but pick it up).