| Name | Caused-Motion Construction | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semantic function of cxn | An ÆFFECTOR makes an ÆFFECTED-THEME move from a SOURCE along a PATH or to a GOAL. | |||
| Slots | Slot 1: argument | Slot 2: predicate | Slot 3: argument | Slot 4: argument |
| Semantic role of slots | ÆFFECTOR | ÆFFECTED-THEME | SOURCE / PATH / DIRECTION / GOAL | |
Syntactic function |
potential subject | unit in predicate | unit in predicate | |
| CASA | potential subject | Object | Object | |
| traditional | potential subject | direct object | adverbial | |
| Syntactic form | NP | V | NP | PP |
| Example | … he took us to the Guggenheim Museum in New York. COCA-1997-SPOK A new CBS/New York Times poll had put Clinton 13 points ahead of Bush … COCA-1993-MAG She … booted the ball into the goal. COCA-2000-FIC This walk takes you on the coastal path [GOAL] around [PATH] to Polkerris [GOAL] and then back [GOAL] to your start point [GOAL] on the Saints' Way [POINT-OF-LOCATION] — a 35-mile route which crosses Cornwall from Padstow [SOURCE] to Fowey [GOAL]. BNC-CME-899 | |||