'V n to-inf' - Construction 18
| Name: | the tempt someone to do something construction |
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| Description: | A person does or says something that persuades something to do something they should not do. |
| Verbs: | entice, induce, tempt |
| Example: | …Lear tried to tempt Gould to visit him in Rome… (BNC) |
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| Semantic fields and roles: |
Field: Causation
Roles: NP1: Cause; NP2: Affected; to-inf clause: Result
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