'V n adj' - Construction 7
| Name: | the make something quality construction |
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| 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) |
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| 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 |