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TO-Recipient-FOR-Desired-Object Construction

Name TO-Recipient-FOR-Desired-Object Construction
Semantic function of cxn An ÆFFECTOR turns to a RECIPIENT to get DESIRED-OBJECT.
Slots Slot 1: argument Slot 2: predicate Slot 3: argument Slot 4: argument
Semantic role of slots ÆFFECTOR RECIPIENT DESIRED-OBJECT

Syntactic function  

potential subject unit in predicate unit in predicate
Syntactic form NP V PPto PPfor
Example She looked to him for support.
Collo-profile
apply  look  pray  send  write  
Sources for collo-profile Valency Dictionary of English, Patternbank
Cxn with same formal pattern TO-Recipient-FOR-Fact Construction (She does not have to answer to her brother for something like that.)
Annotators/Date TRH/03/21F