'V n that' - Construction 4

Name: the persuade someone that something is the case construction
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
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