| Name | Into-CAUSATIVE Construction | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semantic function of cxn | An ÆFFECTOR makes an ÆFFECTED take a certain course of action. | |||
| Slots | Slot 1: argument | Slot 2: predicate | Slot 3: argument | Slot 4: argument |
| Semantic role of slots | ÆFFECTOR | ÆFFECTED | ACTION | |
Syntactic function |
potential subject | unit in predicate | unit in predicate | |
| CASA | potential subject | Object | Object | |
| traditional | potential subject | direct object | adverbial | |
| Syntactic form | NP | V | NP | PPinto |
| Example | But perhaps we can try to... persuade her into returning to the path of truth.TV2012Downton She tricked him into doing it.COCA-2019-MOV | |||