'V n to-inf' - Construction 17
| Name: | the condemn someone to do something construction |
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| Description: | A person does something that puts someone in an undesirable situation. |
| Verbs: | condemn, doom, sentence |
| Example: | …the worker can claim that the employer be condemned to pay them compensation… (BNC) |
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| Semantic fields and roles: |
Field: Causation
Roles: NP1: Cause; NP2: Affected; to-inf clause: Result
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