| Name | Give-up-Monotransitive-Verb-Particle Construction | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semantic function of cxn | An ÆFFECTOR decides not to continue something they have been doing for quite some time or not to pursue an action they had planned any longer. | ||||
| Slots | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Semantic role of slots | ÆFFECTOR | ÆFFECTED-ACTION | |||
Syntactic function |
potential subject | V | part | Obj | part |
| CASA | potential subject | V | part | Obj | part |
| traditional | potential subject | V | adverb | Obj | adverb |
| Syntactic form | NPetc. | give | up | NP (≠ pron)V-ing-cl(NP) | (up) |