'V way prep/adv' - Construction 18
| Name: | the croak your way through an event construction |
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| Description: | A person makes sounds of some kind for the duration of an event. The NP following the preposition indicates the event. |
| Verbs: | bawl, belt, blow, bray, chortle, chuckle, croak, croon, cry, giggle, groan, growl, grunt, guffaw, holler, hoot, howl, hum, laugh, moan, mumble, mutter, pipe, purr, shout, shriek, snarl, sneer, snore, sob, splutter, squeak, strum, tinkle, titter, toot, tut, wail, warble, weep, yell |
| Example: | I snored my way through the production. (enTenTen20) |
| Membership: | figurative movement; through an event; by making sound |
| Semantic fields and roles: |
Field: Communication.
Roles: NP1: Behaver; NP2: Way; NP3: Situation
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