| Name | The-early-bird-catches-the-worm Construction | ||||||||||||||
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| Semantic function of cxn | An ÆFFECTOR acts early enough to gain an advantage over others. | ||||||||||||||
| Semantic role of slots | ÆFFECTOR | ÆFFECTED | |||||||||||||
Syntactic function |
potential subject | unit in predicate | |||||||||||||
| CASA | potential subject | Obj | |||||||||||||
| traditional | potential subject | Obj | |||||||||||||
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