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Name Ditransitive Construction (Obj: to-INF)
Semantic function of cxn ÆFFECTOR makes RECIPIENT receive ÆFFECTED. (i.e. ÆFFECTOR causes or enables the RECIPIENT to carry out ÆFFECTED-ACTION.)
Slots Slot 1: argument Slot 2: predicate Slot 3: argument Slot 4: argument
Semantic role of slots ÆFFECTOR RECIPIENT ÆFFECTED-ACTION

Syntactic function  

 potential subject unit in predicate unit in predicate
Syntactic form NP V NP to-INF
Example She asked him to come to the meeting.
Collo-profile
advise  allow  ask  attract  beg  bid  charge  command  compel  convince  decide  determine  direct  drive  educate  elect  encourage  engage  forbid  force  free  get  guarantee  help  influence  instruct  invide  lead  order  permit  persuade  press  promise  prove  push  recommend  remind  request  require  signal  teach  tell  train  trouble  try  urge  warn  
Sources for collo-profile Valency Dictionary of English, Patternbank
Borderline cases appoint bind clear commit consider dare declare design employ find hire invest judge leave make pay plan send shape sign suffer trust use
Cxn with same formal pattern Attribute Construction
Resultative Construction (Attr: to-INF) (They appointed her to run the campaign.)
General cxn-type Active-3-Argument-Structure Construction
Construction family Ditransitive Constructions
Annotators/Date TRH/03/21