'V n into n' - Construction 8
| Name: | the pressure someone into action construction |
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| Description: | A person causes another person to follow a course of action by behaving in an aggressive way. The NP following 'into' indicates the action. |
| Verbs: | blackmail, bludgeon, bounce, bulldoze, bully, coerce, cow, drag, dragoon, force, manoeuvre, press-gang, pressure, prod, provoke, push, railroad, rush, side-track, stampede, steamroller, suck, whip |
| Example: | [He] has pressured the companies into changes. (BNC) |
| Membership: | cause; cause someone to do; force; action |
| Semantic fields and roles: |
Field: Causation.
Roles: NP1: Cause; NP2: Affected; NP3: Result
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