'V n into n' - Construction 17
| Name: | the breathe life into a situation construction |
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| Description: | A person or entity causes a person or entity to have a quality. The NP following the verb indicates the quality. |
| Verbs: | breathe, channel, drum, etch, hammer, implant, infuse, inject, instil, strike |
| Example: | …people who will breathe new life into half-dead communities. (BNC) |
| Membership: | cause; cause someone to be; a quality |
| Semantic fields and roles: |
Field: Causation.
Roles: NP1: Cause; verb + NP2: Result; NP3: Affected
Field: Location change. Roles: NP1: Cause-move; NP2: Mover-abstract; NP3: Location |