'V from n' - Construction 10
| Name: | the suffer from construction |
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| Description: | A person suffers disadvantages from a situation. |
| Verbs: | die, reel, smart, suffer |
| Example: | You have only to think how often we suffer from aches and pains when we are miserable or depressed. (BNC) |
| Membership: | figurative movement; cause 'from' |
| Semantic fields and roles: |
Field: Causation.
Roles: NP1: Affected; NP2: Cause
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