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Ditransitive Construction (that-cl)

Name Ditransitive Construction (that-cl)
Semantic function of cxn ÆFFECTOR makes RECIPIENT receive ÆFFECTED, often INFORMATION.
Slots Slot 1: argument Slot 2: predicate Slot 3: argument Slot 4: argument
Semantic role of slots ÆFFECTOR RECIPIENT ÆFFECTED

Syntactic function  

 potential subject unit in predicate unit in predicate
Syntactic form NP V NP (that)-CLfin
Example She told him that Trump had not won the 2020 election.
Collo-profile
advise  answer  bet  convince  decide  educate  guarantee  inform  instruct  persuade  promise  remind  satisfy  show  signal  teach  tell  thank  trust  warn  
Sources for collo-profile Valency Dictionary of English, Patternbank
Borderline cases pray
General cxn-type Active-3-Argument-Structure Construction
Construction family Ditransitive Constructions
Annotators/Date TRH/03/21F