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Subject-Attribute Construction (Attr: AdjP)

Name Subject-Attribute Construction (Attr: AdjP)
Semantic function of cxn An ATTRIBUTEE is described, identified or located by an ATTRIBUTE.
Slots Slot 1: argument Slot 2: predicate Slot 3: argument
Semantic role of slots ATTRIBUTEE ATTRIBUTE

Syntactic function  

potential subject unit in predicate
Syntactic form NP V AdjP
Example The lighthouse is superb… COCA-2008-ACAD