'V n on n' - Construction 6
| Name: | the congratulate someone on a topic construction |
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| Description: | A person talks to someone in a positive or negative way on a topic. |
| Verbs: | challenge, commend, compliment, congratulate, harangue, pick up, take up |
| Example: | …for all the teams to congratulate each other on their performance. (BNC) |
| Membership: | figurative; communication |
| Semantic fields and roles: |
Field: Communication.
Roles: NP1: Sayer; NP2: Receiver; NP3: Stimulus
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