'V n to n' - Construction 13
| Name: | the shackle one thing to another construction |
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| Description: | A person or entity causes someone or something to be figuratively attached to a situation. |
| Verbs: | attach, connect, shackle, yoke |
| Example: | [The state] didn't shackle the court to a zero-growth policy... (enTenTen20) |
| Membership: | action; cause; figurative; entity |
| Semantic fields and roles: |
Field: Causation.
Roles: NP1: Cause; NP2: Affected; prep + NP3: Result.
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