CASA|Con The CASA-ConstructiCon of the English Language


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Name With-PARTNER Construction
Semantic function of cxn An ÆFFECTOR performs an action together with a PARTNER.
Slots 1 (argument) 2 (verb) 3 (argument)
Semantic role of slots ÆFFECTOR PARTNER

Syntactic function  

potential subject unit in predicate
Syntactic form NP V PPwith
Example … they were all arguing with each other…COCA-2015-MAG I didn't sleep with anybody I didn't want to sleep with…COCA-2017-SPOK