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Name X-IS-LIKELY-TO Construction
Semantic function of cxn Evaluation of the degree of likelihood/obligation of an event’s taking place.
Slots 1 (argument) 2 (verb) 3 (argument) 4 (argument)
Semantic role of slots POTENTIAL ÆFFECTOR ATTITUDE ACTION
Syntactic function potential subject postmod
Syntactic form BE Adj to-INF
Collo-profile
likely  supposed  unlikely