'V at n' - Construction 16

Name: the jump at construction
Description: A person shows willingness or unwillingness to perform an action.
Verbs: balk, jib, jump, leap
Example: I had jumped at the chance of a part-time job in the City. (BNC)
Membership: figurative contact; reaction; cognition; person as subject
Semantic fields and roles: Field: Cognition Roles: NP1: Desirer; NP2: Phenomenon-Topic
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