'V adj' - Construction 10
Name: | the jump high construction |
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Description: | A person or animal moves upwards or downwards. The adjectives are 'high' and 'low'. |
Verbs: | bend, crouch, fly, jump, leap, soar, stoop, swoop |
Example: | One of the sheep jumped high in the air… (BNC) |
Membership: | result; movement |
Semantic fields and roles: |
Field: Equivalence
Roles: NP1: Carrier; adj: Attribute
Field: Change Roles: NP1: Affected; adj: Outcome |