'V n adj' - Construction 7

Name: the make something quality construction
Description: A person or entity changes something so it has a particular quality. A wide range of adjectives are used in this construction.
Verbs: get, make, render
Example: … making the planet warmer than it has been in the past 10,000 years. (BNC)
Membership:
Semantic fields and roles: Field: Causation. Roles: NP1: Cause; NP2: Affected; adj: Result
Field: Equivalence. Roles: NP1: Causer; NP2: Carrier; Adj: Attribute
Field: Change. Roles: NP1: Agent; NP2: Affected; adj: Outcome
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