'V with n' - Construction 27
| Name: | the rankle with someone construction |
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| Description: | An entity or situation affects someone emotionally. The NP following 'with' indicates the person affected. |
| Verbs: | agree, disagree, live, rankle, wash |
| Example: | That groundless remark still rankles with [her] father eight years later. (BNC) |
| Membership: | Engagement 'with'; entity as subject; entity with person |
| Semantic fields and roles: |
Field: Cognition.
Roles: NP1: Phenomenon; NP2: Emoter
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