'V from n' - Construction 14
| Name: | the borrow from construction |
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| Description: | A person takes something unspecified from another person. |
| Verbs: | borrow, copy, crib, plagiarise, quote |
| Example: | Since then firms … have preferred to borrow from banks. (BNC) |
| Membership: | figurative movement; remove 'from' |
| Semantic fields and roles: |
Field: Possession transfer.
Roles: Recipient; NP2: Donor
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