CASA — A Constructionist Approach to Syntactic Analysis

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Caused-Change-Resultative Construction

Name Caused-Change-Resultative Construction
Semantic function of cxn An ÆFFECTOR makes an ÆFFECTED change its state or function into the RESULT.
Slots Slot 1: argument Slot 2: predicate Slot 3: argument Slot 4: argument
Semantic role of slots ÆFFECTOR ÆFFECTED-ATTRIBUTEE RESULT

Syntactic function  

potential subject unit in predicate unit in predicate
Syntactic form NP V NP NP
AdjP
Example It makes conversation rather a hit-or-miss affair… BNC-ANY-1021 Can't we just paint it purple? TV-2014-Psych