'V n to-inf' - Construction 4
| Name: | the something is seen to be the case construction |
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| Description: | A situation is generally believed to be the case. |
| Verbs: | be heard, be observed, be seen |
| Example: | …and no corvids other than magpies have been observed to breed at Santa Fe. (BNC) |
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| Semantic fields and roles: |
Field: Cognition.
Roles: NP1: Perceiver; NP2 + to-inf clause: Phenomenon.
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