'V n out of n' - Construction 9
| Name: | the shut someone out of a situation construction |
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| Description: | A person or situation does not allow someone to participate in a situation. The NP following 'out of' indicates the situation |
| Verbs: | cut, freeze, leave, rule, shut, squeeze |
| Example: | …one of the ways of shutting husbands out of the child's life. (enTenTen20) |
| Membership: | figurative; causation; action |
| Semantic fields and roles: |
Field: Causation.
Roles: NP1: Cause; NP2: Affected; prep + NP3: Result
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