'V n that' - Construction 5
| Name: | the bet someone that something will happen construction |
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| Description: | A person places a bet with someone. |
| Verbs: | bet |
| Example: | In the 1970s he bet his father he could open a vineyard in Utah… (BNC) |
| Membership: | communication; person as source; change in cognition |
| Semantic fields and roles: |
Field: Communication.
Roles: NP1: Sayer; NP2: Receiver; that-clause: Message
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