'V adj' - Construction 3
| Name: | the seem quality construction |
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| Description: | Something appears to have a quality. |
| Verbs: | act, appear, feel, look, play, seem, smell, sound, taste |
| Example: | …but somehow he always seemed older. (BNC) |
| Membership: | quality |
| Semantic fields and roles: |
Field: Equivalence.
Roles: NP1: Carrier; Adj: Attribute
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