'V n to n' - Construction 32

Name: the awaken someone to something construction
Description: An entity makes someone aware or unaware of a situation. The NP following 'to' indicates the situation.
Verbs: alert, awaken, blind, desensitize, inure, sensitize
Example: Suffering awakens us to the fact that any creation is inferior to its creator. (enTenTen20)
Membership: cognition
Semantic fields and roles: Field: Cognition. Roles: NP1: Phenomenon-Actor; NP2: Cognizer; NP3: Phenomenon-Topic.
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