'V with n' - Construction 4
| Name: | the seethe with emotion construction |
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| Description: | A person feels an emotion. The NP following 'with' indicates the emotion. |
| Verbs: | boil, bristle, bubble, burn, seethe, smoulder, swell, throb, tingle, bubble over |
| Example: | He was seething with anger. (BNC) |
| Membership: | Emotion 'with'; feel |
| Semantic fields and roles: |
Field: Cognition.
Roles: NP1: Emoter; NP2: Phenomenon-thought
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