'V n to-inf' - Construction 23
Name: | the enable something to happen construction |
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Description: | A person makes it possible for someone or something to do something. |
Verbs: | empower, enable, free, mandate |
Example: | We will enable tenants to apply for Housing Action Trusts… (BNC) |
Membership: | |
Semantic fields and roles: |
Field: Causation
Roles: NP1: Cause; NP2: Affected; to-inf clause: Result
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