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Ditransitive Construction (Obj: wh-to-inf)

Name Ditransitive Construction (Obj: wh-to-inf)
Semantic function of cxn ÆFFECTOR makes RECIPIENT receive ÆFFECTED (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 wh to_INF
Example She told them where to go.
Collo-profile
advise  ask  instruct  remind  show  teach  tell  
Sources for collo-profile Valency Dictionary of English, Patternbank
General cxn-type Active-3-Argument-Structure Construction
Construction family Ditransitive Constructions
Annotators/Date TRH/03/21F