'V n in n' - Construction 14
| Name: | the find a quality in someone construction |
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| Description: | A person identifies another person as having a particular quality. The NP following the verb indicates the quality. |
| Verbs: | find, see |
| Example: | She found something good in everyone. (BNC) |
| Membership: | figurative; cognition |
| Semantic fields and roles: |
Field: Cognition.
Roles: NP1: Cognizer; NP2 + NP3: Phenomenon
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