'V from n' - Construction 10

Name: the suffer from construction
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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