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Name Self-Change-Resultative Construction
Semantic function of cxn An ÆFFECTOR changes its state into the RESULT.
Slots Slot 1: argument Slot 2: predicate Slot 3: argument
Semantic role of slots ATTRIBUTEE RESULT

Syntactic function  

potential subject unit in predicate
Syntactic form NP V NP
AdjP
Example Willem-Alexander became king of the Netherlands in 2013 … NOW-20-02-06-GB Everything in the house froze solid — the water in the kettle, even my false teeth in a cup beside my bed. BNC-BN6-397… Robyn became deeply involved in a Women's Group at Cambridge … BNC-ANY-783