'V n into n' - Construction 16

Name: the plunge something into a state construction
Description: An entity or person causes a person or entity to be in a particular state.
Verbs: drive, plunge, send, throw
Example: …plunging the passageway into semi-darkness. (BNC)
Membership: cause; cause something to be; in a state
Semantic fields and roles: Field: Causation. Roles: NP1: Cause; NP2: Affected; prep + NP3: Result
Field: Equivalence. Roles: NP1: Causer; NP2: Carrier; NP3: Attribute
Field: Location change. Roles: NP1: Cause-move; NP2: Mover-abstract; NP3: Location
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