'V n that' - Construction 4
| Name: | the persuade someone that something is the case construction |
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| Description: | A person causes someone to change their cognition. |
| Verbs: | convince, persuade |
| Example: | Gould succeeded in persuading Darwin that his were the right decisions. (BNC) |
| Membership: | communication; person as source; change in cognition |
| Semantic fields and roles: |
Field: Communication.
Roles: NP1: Sayer; NP2: Receiver; that-clause: Message
Field: Causation. Roles: NP1: Cause; NP2: Affected; that-clause: Result |