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Name Comparative Construction
Semantic function of cxn Indicating that an ATTRIBUTE applies to a higher degree to an ATTRIBUTEE in comparison to other ATTRIBUTEE(S) of the same type.
Slots 1 2 3 4
Semantic role of slots ATTRIBUTE ATTRIBUTEE 1 ATTRIBUTEE 2
Syntactic form
Adj-er
better
worse
provided by another construction
(with Adj slot)
than
contextual or inferred anchor point
NOUN OF ATTRIBUTIVE CXN
Subj of SUBJECT-ATTRIBUTE CXN
Obj of OBJECT-ATTRIBUTE CXN
contextual or inferred anchor point
Collo-profile
higher  greater  older  larger  bigger  lower