'V with n' - Construction 6

Name: the tremble with emotion construction
Description: A person expresses an emotion physically. The NP following 'with' indicates the emotion.
Verbs: beam, glow, quake, quiver, reel, shake, shudder, sparkle, squirm, tremble, double up, fall about
Example: Richard was trembling with indignation. (BNC)
Membership: Emotion 'with'; express physically
Semantic fields and roles: Field: Communication. Roles: NP1: Reactor; NP2: Stimulus
Field: Cognition. Roles: NP1: Emoter; NP2: Phenomenon-thought
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