| Name | Imperative Construction (IMP) | |
|---|---|---|
| Semantic function of cxn | Command, request or invitation to an ADDRESSEE to carry out an ACTION. | |
| Form note | Falling intonation or <?> | |
| Usage conditions | The person to whom the command is addressed must be identifiable from the context; rarely it can be expressed by a subject. | |
| Slots | 1 | 2 |
| Semantic role of slots | ADDRESSEE | ACTION |
| Syntactic function | Subj | PRED |
| Syntactic form | Vbase | |
| Example | Let us look at this in detail. Read this. | |
| General cxn-type | Sentence-type Construction | |
| Literature | Herbst & Schüller (2008), Herbst & Hoffmann (2023) | |
| Annotators/Date | TRH/04/21F | |