'V n into n' - Construction 14
| Name: | the drag something into a place construction |
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| Description: | A person causes a person or entity to move into a place. |
| Verbs: | air-drop, book (+ into a hotel), build (+ into the ceiling), check (+ into a hotel), copy, decant, dig, dip, drag, dump, enter, feed, fold, fork, gulp, implant, inject, insert, introduce, jab, leak, load, lock, pack, pay, plough, plug, plunge, poke, pour, pull, pump, scan, shoehorn, slot, stick, stir, thread, throw, transplant, tuck, write |
| Example: | Her mother… had dragged her into her room… (BNC) |
| Membership: | cause; cause something to be; in a place |
| Semantic fields and roles: |
Field: Location change.
Roles: NP1: Cause-move; NP2: Mover-physical; NP3: Location
Field: Causation. Roles: NP1: Cause; NP2: Affected; prep + NP3: Result |