'V n with n' - Construction 14

Name: the coat something with something construction
Description: A person covers one entity with another.
Verbs: cap, carpet, coat, cover, douse, encase, line, overlay, plaster, slather, surround, top, wrap, wrap up
Example: … and turn the chicken to coat it with the butter and oil mixture. (enTenTen20)
Membership: transfer 'with'; action; literal; location
Semantic fields and roles: Field: Causation. Roles: NP1: Cause; NP2: Affected; prep + NP3: Result
Field: Equivalence. Roles: NP1: Causer; NP2: Carrier; NP3: Attribute
Field: Change. Roles: NP1: Agent; NP2: Affected; NP3: Means
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