'V n to n' - Construction 6
| Name: | the concede something to someone construction |
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| Description: | A person reluctantly withdraws their claim to something. This is expressed as a figurative giving of an entity such as a point in an argument to a person. |
| Verbs: | cede, concede, surrender, yield |
| Example: | Smith at first refused to concede the office to Lindsay... (enTenTen20) |
| Membership: | action; transfer; figurative |
| Semantic fields and roles: |
Field: Possession transfer.
Roles: NP1: Donor; NP2: Possession; NP3: Recipient
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