'V n in n' - Construction 15
| Name: | the place trust in someone construction |
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| Description: | A person has an attitude to someone or something. The NP following the verb indicates an attitude such as trust or pleasure. The NP following 'in' indicates the cause of the attitude. |
| Verbs: | place, put, take |
| Example: | The governors had placed great trust in him over the period of ten years. (BNC) |
| Membership: | figurative; cognition |
| Semantic fields and roles: |
Field: Cognition.
Roles: NP1: Emoter; NP2: Phenomenon-Thought; NP3: Phenomenon-Topic
Field: Location change. Roles: NP1: Cause-move; NP2: Mover-abstract; NP3: Location |