'V to-inf' - Construction 11
| Name: | the want to do construction |
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| Description: | A person regards a future action by themselves as desirable or undesirable. |
| Verbs: | ache, aim, aspire, burn, crave, desire, be dying, dread, expect, fear, hanker, hope, hunger, itch, long, mean, reckon, seek, (cannot) wait, want, wish, yearn |
| Example: | I just wanted to see a nurse. (BNC) |
| Membership: | restricted; future focus; intention; cognition |
| Semantic fields and roles: |
Field: Cognition.
Roles: NP1: Desirer; to-inf clause: Phenomenon
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