'V n (Material)' - Construction 7

Name: the drink something construction
Description: A person or entity consumes a physical entity.
Verbs: e.g. drink, eat, take, use
Example: He drank some of the coffee… (BNC)
Membership: Actor affects something; make a change; change entity; physical
Semantic fields and roles: Field: Change. Roles: NP1: Agent; NP2: Affected
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