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Ditransitive Construction (Obj: NP)

Name Ditransitive Construction (Obj: NP)
Semantic function of cxn ÆFFECTOR makes RECIPIENT receive ÆFFECTED.
Slots Slot 1: argument Slot 2: predicate Slot 3: argument Slot 4: argument
Semantic role of slots ÆFFECTOR RECIPIENT ÆFFECTED

Syntactic function  

 potential subject unit in predicate unit in predicate
Syntactic form NP V NP NP
Example She gave him a present.
Collo-profile
give  tell  bring  cost  offer  send  show  allow  ask  buy  cause  do  find  get  grant  hand  owe  lend  make  pay  save  take  wish  afford  answer  award  bid  build  call  concede  create  cut  deal  design  deny  draw  drop  earn  ensure  feed  fix  forbid  gain  guarantee  hire  insure  lead  lease  leave  lend  light  loose  make  mix  order  pack  pass  permit  pick  play  pour  prepare  promise  quote  read  refuse  rent  sell  serve  set  shoot  sing  slip  spare  strike  teach  throw  win  write  
Sources for collo-profile Valency Dictionary of English, British National Corpus
Borderline cases bet excuse (attendance)
Cxn with same formal pattern Attribute Construction (Obj: NP)
Cxn with similar semantic function Caused-Motion Construction (PPto)
General cxn-type Active-3-Argument-Structure Construction
Construction family Ditransitive Constructions
Literature Goldberg (1995, 2006), Croft (2012), Herbst (2020), Herbst & Hoffmann (2023)
Annotators/Date TRH/03/21F-E