'V n to-inf' - Construction 27
| Name: | the entity causes something to happen construction |
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| Description: | A situation causes someone or something to do something. |
| Verbs: | cause, convince, decide, drive, force, incline, influence, inspire, lead, motivate, move, persuade, predispose, prompt, spur, spur on, stimulate |
| Example: | …the disappearance of the forest habitat had forced the herbivore to turn meat-eater. (BNC) |
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| Semantic fields and roles: |
Field: Causation.
Roles: NP1: Cause; NP2: Affected; to-inf clause: Result.
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