'V from n' - Construction 9

Name: the benefit from construction
Description: A person gains advantages from a situation.
Verbs: benefit, gain, learn, profit
Example: The results indicated that people benefited from being given more information… (BNC)
Membership: figurative movement; cause 'from'
Semantic fields and roles: Field: Causation. Roles: NP1: Affected; NP2: Cause
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