'V over n' - Construction 12

Name: the hang over construction
Description: An abstract entity affects something.
Verbs: extend, flicker, hang, range, reign
Example: ... this terrible sense of doom hanging over me. (BNC)
Membership: figurative 'over'; relation; entity
Semantic fields and roles: Field: Logical relations. Roles: NP1: Influencer; NP2: Influenced
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