'V to-inf' - Construction 12
| Name: | the decide to do construction |
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| 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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