'V n (Material)' - Construction 20

Name: the appoint someone construction
Description: A person puts someone in a role.
Verbs: e.g. admit, appoint, elect, employ, enter (a competitor), move (a person), promote, reject, remove
Example: The council has appointed a landscape architect… (BNC)
Membership: Actor affects something; make a change; change location/ownership; abstract
Semantic fields and roles: Field: Location change. Roles: NP1: Cause-move; NP2: Mover-abstract
Field: Causation. Roles: NP1: Cause; NP2: Affected
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