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Name ÆFFECTED+FOR-DESIRED-OBJECT Construction
Semantic function of cxn AN ÆFFECTOR DOES SOMETHING TO AN ÆFFECTED TO GET A DESIRED OBJECT.
Slots Slot 1: argument Slot 2: predicate Slot 3: argument Slot 4: argument
Semantic role of slots ÆFFECTOR ÆFFECTED DESIRED OBJECT

Syntactic function  

potential subject unit in predicate unit in predicate
Syntactic form NP V NP PPfor
Example I can't ask my friends for money...TV-2016-HouseofCards