'V wh' - Construction 15
| Name: | the observe what is the case construction |
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| Description: | A person becomes aware of something through the senses. |
| Verbs: | catch, detect, discern, divine, feel, hear, look, notice, observe, perceive, read, recognise, see, sense, tell |
| Example: | Wordsworth observed what was happening… (BNC) |
| Membership: | Cognition; learning |
| Semantic fields and roles: |
Field: Cognition.
Roles: NP1: Perceiver; wh-clause: Phenomenon
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