'V n from n' - Construction 9
| Name: | the detach one thing from another construction |
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| Description: | A person separates two things. |
| Verbs: | detach, disconnect, disengage, disentangle, distil, divide, extract, isolate, part, separate, |
| Example: | [They] were struggling to detach the gun from its mount. (BNC) |
| Membership: | literal 'from'; move |
| Semantic fields and roles: |
Field: Location change.
Roles: NP1: Cause-move; NP2: Mover-physical; NP3: Location
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