'V on n' - Construction 21

Name: the impinge on construction
Description: An entity affects another entity. One or both entities are abstract.
Verbs: act, impact, impinge, tell
Example: …preventing its problems from impinging on the affairs of the mainland. (BNC)
Membership: affected 'on'; entity on entity
Semantic fields and roles: Field: Logical relations. Roles: NP1: Influencer; NP2: Influenced
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