Name | On-FOCUS-AREA Construction | ||
---|---|---|---|
Semantic function of cxn | An AGENT performs an action with respect to a FOCUS. | ||
Slots | Slot 1: argument | Slot 2: predicate | Slot 3: argument |
Semantic role of slots | ÆFFECTOR | FOCUS/TOPIC | |
Syntactic function |
potential subject | unit in predicate | |
CASA | potential subject | Object | |
traditional | potential subject | adverbial | |
Syntactic form | NP | V | PPon |
Example | And if you don't act on climate change, it's - inevitably something's going to happen.COCA-2010-SPOK |