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Name Premodifier-of-Noun Construction
Semantic function of cxn Providing description or evaluation of THING REFERRED to by noun.
Semantic role of slots DESCRIPTION / EVALUATION THING REFERRED TO
Syntactic form Adj
Participle
N
N
Example clever students, a recovering alcoholic, afternoon light
Construction family MODIFIER CONSTRUCTION
Literature Herbst & Hoffmann (2023: Ch.5)
Annotators/Date TRH/04/21F