'V at n' - Construction 15

Name: the rejoice at construction
Description: A person thinks about something in an attitudinal way.
Verbs: boggle, bridle, bristle, chafe, cringe, despair, drool, exult, fume, grieve, marvel, quail, rage, recoil, rejoice, seethe, smart, thrill, wonder
Example: She had rejoiced at her childlessness… (BNC)
Membership: figurative contact; reaction; cognition; person as subject
Semantic fields and roles: Field: Cognition Roles: NP1: Emoter; NP2: Phenomenon-Topic
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