'V to n' - Construction 2
| Name: | the increase to a quantity construction |
|---|---|
| Description: | An entity becomes larger or smaller. The NP following to is an amount. |
| Verbs: | balloon, build, climb, decline, decrease, dip, dive, drop, explode, fall, increase, jump, mushroom, plummet, plunge, rise, shrink, sink, slide, slip, slump, soar, surge, swell, tumble, widen, build up, come down, creep up, go down, go up, shoot up |
| Example: | The total number of incidents increased to 22,469... (BNC) |
| Membership: | change 'to'; physical |
| Semantic fields and roles: |
Field: Change.
Roles: NP1: Affected; NP2: Outcome
Field: Equivalence. Roles: NP1: Carrier; NP2: Attribute |