| Name | IT-THAT Construction | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semantic function of cxn | Evaluation of an ‘event’. | |||
| Slots | Slot 1: argument | Slot 2: predicate | Slot 3: argument | Slot 4: argument |
| Semantic role of slots | CATAPHOR | ATTRIBUTE | ATTRIBUTEE | |
Syntactic function |
subject | unit in predicate | unit in predicate | |
| CASA | subject | Attr | EXTRA | |
| traditional | extraposed subject | Attr | notional subject | |
| Syntactic form | it | BE/SEEM | Adj/NP | that-clause/if-clause |