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Name FOR-DESIRED-OBJECT Construction
Semantic function of cxn An ÆFFECTOR performs an action directed towards a DESIRED OBJECT.
Slots Slot 1: argument Slot 2: predicate Slot 3: argument
Semantic role of slots ÆFFECTOR DESIRED OBJECT

Syntactic function  

potential subject unit in predicate
Syntactic form NP V PPfor
Example I've spent my entire life searching for the impossible.TV-2012-Psych