Predict possession "V n n" construction
Form
NP
Agent
Verb
NP
Recipient
NP
Theme
Examples
Agent
I
just
Verb
wish
Recipient
him
Theme
[the best.]
Meaning
An Agent does something that involves predicting that a Recipient will have the Theme at a future point in time.
Roles
Agent
The person who predicts that the Recipient will have the Theme.
Recipient
The person who is predicted to receive the Theme.
Theme
The object that the Recipient is predicted to have in the future according to the Agent.
Frames
Description
This "V n n" subconstruction generalises over only two verbs: bet and wish. The construction itself only captures the very abstract meaning shared by both verbs, and most of the sentence interpretation is provided by the verbs themselves.