'V to n' - Construction 39
| Name: | the grind to a halt construction |
|---|---|
| Description: | An entity stops in a specific way. The NP after to is a halt. |
| Verbs: | brake, grind, pull, shudder |
| Example: | The process had ground to a halt by early 1990. (BNC) |
| Membership: | resultative 'to' |
| Semantic fields and roles: |
Field: Causation.
Roles: NP1: Affected; NP2: Result
Field: Equivalence. Roles: NP1: Carrier; NP2: Attribute Field: Change. Roles: NP1: Affected; NP2: Outcome |