| Name | Negative-Imperative Construction (NIMP) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Semantic function of cxn | Command or invitation to not do something. | ||
| 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 | 3 |
| Semantic role of slots | ADDRESSEE | ACTION | |
| Syntactic function | PRED | Subj | PRED |
| Syntactic form | Don't | (you) | Vbase ∈ PREDrest |
| Example | Don't worry! Don't be sad! | ||
| General cxn-type | Sentence-type Construction | ||