'V n with n' - Construction 23
| Name: | the confront something with something construction |
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| Description: | A person or an entity makes someone aware of something, positively or negatively. |
| Verbs: | acquaint, bother, burden, confront, face, familiarize, tempt |
| Example: | He confronted his middle-class readers with the human face of social deprivation. (enTenTen20) |
| Membership: | transfer 'with'; cognition |
| Semantic fields and roles: |
Field: Cognition.
Roles: NP1: Phenomenon-actor; NP2: Emoter; NP3: Phenomenon
Field: Causation. Roles: NP1+NP3: Cause; NP2: Affected |