| Name | TO-Recipient-ABOUT-Topic Construction | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semantic function of cxn | An ÆFFECTOR communicates in a certain way with a RECIPIENT about a certain matter or TOPIC. | |||
| Slots | Slot 1: argument | Slot 2: predicate | Slot 3: argument | Slot 4: argument |
| Semantic role of slots | ÆFFECTOR | RECIPIENT | TOPIC | |
Syntactic function |
potential subject | unit in predicate | unit in predicate | |
| CASA | potential subject | Obj | Obj | |
| traditional | potential subject | adverbial | adverbial | |
| Syntactic form | NP | V | PPto | PPabout |
| Example | She lied to him about the exam. | |||
| Collo-profile | ||||
| Sources for collo-profile | Valency Dictionary of English, Patternbank | |||
| Annotators/Date | TRH/03/21F | |||