| Name | On-FOCUS-AREA Construction | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Semantic function of cxn | An AGENT performs an action with respect to a FOCUS. | ||
| Slots | 1 (argument) | 2 (verb) | 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 | ||