'V n adj' - Construction 15
| Name: | the leave someone alive construction |
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| Description: | A person does or does not kill someone. The adjective is 'alive' or 'dead'. |
| Verbs: | leave (+alive), shoot (+dead) |
| Example: | We left her son alive to take care of the children. (enTenTen20) |
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| Semantic fields and roles: |
Field: Causation.
Roles: NP1: Cause; NP2: Affected; adj: Result
Field: Equivalence. Roles: NP1: Actor; NP2: Carrier; Adj: Attribute |