'V n on n' - Construction 13
| Name: | the model something on something construction |
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| Description: | A person uses one thing as the basis for another thing. The NPs following the verb and 'on' indicate the two entities. |
| Verbs: | model, pattern |
| Example: | The Victorians modelled their stations on cathedrals and palaces… (BNC) |
| Membership: | figurative; relation |
| Semantic fields and roles: |
Field: Logical relations.
Roles: NP1: Correspondance-Cause; NP2: Correspondance; NP3: Correspondance
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