'V to-inf' - Construction 12

Name: the decide to do construction
Description: A person decides to do something.
Verbs: choose, decide, determine, elect, intend, be looking, mean, opt, resolve
Example: [He] decided to change his name. (BNC)
Membership: restricted; future focus; intention; cognition
Semantic fields and roles: Field: Cognition. Roles: NP1: Cognizer; to-inf clause: Phenomenon
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