'V n about n' - Construction 8
| Name: | the something reveals a lot about something construction |
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| Description: | An entity leads to an inference about a topic. The NP following the verb indicates an amount. |
| Verbs: | reveal, say |
| Example: | …the study of such groups fails to reveal much about ordinary ideology… (BNC) |
| Membership: | cognition; entity as subject |
| Semantic fields and roles: |
Field: Cognition.
Roles: NP1: Source; NP2: Phenomenon-Amount; NP3: Phenomenon-Topic
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