'V n -ing' - Construction 1
| Name: | the imagine something doing construction |
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| Description: | A person forms a mental picture of an event. |
| Verbs: | anticipate, contemplate, dread, envisage, fear, imagine, picture, visualise |
| Example: | I can’t imagine a doctor turning the offer down. (BNC) |
| Membership: | reaction; cognition |
| Semantic fields and roles: |
Field: Cognition.
Roles: NP1: Cognizer; NP2 + -ing clause: Phenomenon
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