'V that' - Construction 13

Name: the hope that construction
Description: A person has a positive or negative attitude towards a past, present or future situation.
Verbs: appreciate, dread, dream, fantasize, fear, fret, hate, hope, like, love, marvel, (not) mind, pray, prefer, regret, rejoice, wish, worry
Example: She hoped that Jason would keep his mouth shut… (BNC)
Membership: cognition
Semantic fields and roles: Field: Cognition. Roles: NP1: Emoter; that-clause: Phenomenon
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