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Object Attribute Construction (Attr: NP)

Name Object Attribute Construction (Attr: NP)
Semantic function of cxn An ÆFFECTOR assigns an ATTRIBUTE to an ATTRIBUTEE.
Slots Slot 1: argument Slot 2: predicate Slot 3: argument Slot 4: argument
Semantic role of slots ÆFFECTOR ÆFFECTED-ATTRIBUTEE ATTRIBUTE

Syntactic function  

 potential subject unit in predicate unit in predicate
Syntactic form NP V NP NP
Example She called him a fool.
Collo-profile
account  appoint  call  consider  count  create  declare  elect  excuse  find  imagine  judge  keep  label  leave  make  pronounce  prove  show  take  think  vote  
Sources for collo-profile Valency Dictionary of English, Patternbank
General cxn-type Active-3-Argument-Structure Construction
Construction family Attribute Constructions
Annotators/Date TRH/03/21