'V n to-inf' - Construction 16
| Name: | the force someone to do something construction |
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| Description: | A person does something that makes someone do something. |
| Verbs: | bind, blackmail, brainwash, bribe, coerce, compel, constrain, drive, force, impel, be made, manipulate; obligate, oblige, pay, push, stir |
| Example: | He did everything he could to force his son to go on racing… (BNC) |
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| Semantic fields and roles: |
Field: Causation
Roles: NP1: Cause; NP2: Affected; to-inf clause: Result
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