'V to n' - Construction 30

Name: the aspire to something construction
Description: A person wishes or decides to do an action.
Verbs: aspire, commit, look, resort
Example: Conservative Governments have always aspired to improve that target. (BNC)
Membership: target 'on'; cognition
Semantic fields and roles: Field: Cognition. Roles: NP1: Desirer; NP2: Phenomenon
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