'V n n' - Construction 17
| Name: | the charge someone money construction |
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| Description: | A person or entity causes someone to lose something. |
| Verbs: | charge, cost, dock, lose, set back |
| Example: | ...his boss still charged him £10,000 compensation... (BNC) |
| Membership: | causation |
| Semantic fields and roles: |
Field: Causation.
Roles: NP1: Cause; NP2: Affected; Verb + NP3: Result
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