'V to-inf' - Construction 24
| Name: | the claim to be construction |
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| Description: | A person makes a claim that something is true when it is not true. |
| Verbs: | claim, (not) pretend, profess, purport |
| Example: | My dad claimed to have gone to public school… (BNC) |
| Membership: | restricted; present focus; process |
| Semantic fields and roles: |
Field: Communication.
Roles: NP1: Sayer; to-inf clause: Message
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