'V with n' - Construction 8
| Name: | the brim with something construction |
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| Description: | A person or entity has a lot of a quality. The NP following 'with' indicates the quality. |
| Verbs: | abound, brim, bristle, bubble, bulge, burst, bustle, buzz, be crawling, drip, fill, flow, groan, hum, ooze, overflow, resonate, run, seethe, swarm, be swimming, teem, brim over, fill up |
| Example: | … a Victorian stove that was brimming with hot coals. (BNC) |
| Membership: | Quality 'with'; emphasis on quantity |
| Semantic fields and roles: |
Field: Equivalence.
Roles: NP1: Carrier; NP2: Attribute
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