'V n -ing' - Construction 4
| Name: | the see something doing construction |
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| Description: | A person perceives an event or records it. |
| Verbs: | see, feel, hear, notice, observe, photograph, picture, watch |
| Example: | ...she saw Jenny weeping again. (BNC) |
| Membership: | reaction; cognition |
| Semantic fields and roles: |
Field: Cognition.
Roles: NP1: Perceiver; NP2 + -ing clause: Phenomenon
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