'V n to-inf' - Construction 25
| Name: | the assign someone to do something construction |
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| Description: | A person puts someone in a particular role. |
| Verbs: | appoint, assign, choose, commission, delegate, depute, be designed, detail, dispatch, earmark, enlist, intend, nominate, recruit, vote |
| Example: | …he was assigned to take an instructors' course… (BNC) |
| Membership: | |
| Semantic fields and roles: |
Field: Causation
Roles: NP1: Cause; NP2: Affected; to-inf clause: Result
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