'V n about n' - Construction 3
| Name: | the tease someone about construction |
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| Description: | A person talks to someone in a negative way about a topic. |
| Verbs: | chide, kid, nag, pester, scold, taunt, tease |
| Example: | …having been teased about the snob way he talked. (BNC) |
| Membership: | communication; affective communication; unidirectional |
| Semantic fields and roles: |
Field: Communication.
Roles: NP1: Sayer; NP2: Receiver; NP3: Topic
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