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Resultative Construction (Attr: Adj)

Name Resultative Construction (Attr: Adj)
Semantic function of cxn An ÆFFECTOR causes a change (or no change) of state in an ÆFFECTED with a certain RESULT.
Slots Slot 1: argument Slot 2: predicate Slot 3: argument Slot 4: argument
Semantic role of slots ÆFFECTOR ÆFFECTED RESULT

Syntactic function  

 potential subject unit in predicate unit in predicate
Syntactic form NP V NP AdjP
Example The wind blew the door open.
Collo-profile
beat  blow  cut  declare  draw  dream  drive  fasten  fill  fold  freeze  guarantee  keep  kill  knock  leave  make  pick  preserve  press  pronounce  prove  pull  push  put  rub  rule  send  serve  set  shut  slide  split  spread  strike  take  tear  throw  turn  wash  wear  work  
Sources for collo-profile Valency Dictionary of English, Patternbank
Cxn with same formal pattern Attribute Construction (Obj: Adj)
General cxn-type Active-3-Argument-Structure Construction
Construction family Attribute Constructions
Literature Goldberg & Jackendoff 2004
Annotators/Date TRH/03/21