Cause_to_perceive "V n to n" construction

Form

NP
Agent
Verb
NP
Phenomenon
to
NP
Perceiver

Examples

Agent [The students]
Verb show
Phenomenon [their writing]
to to
Perceiver me.
Agent [Joanna Burr]
Verb demonstrates
Phenomenon spinning
to to
Perceiver [another group of children.]

Meaning

An Actor causes a Phenomenon to be perceived by a Perceiver.

Roles

Agent
A person who creates a situation in which the Perceiver observes or experiences the Phenomenon.
Phenomenon
The entity or idea that is perceived by the Perceiver.
Perceiver
Someone who is made to have a perceptual experience of the Phenomenon by the Agent.

Frames

Cause_to_perceive ( Agent, Phenomenon, Perceiver )

Inherits from

Sub-constructions

I have expressed my concern to Jenny.
She never revealed her own secrets to me.
Lloyd George announced his resignation to the Commons on 17 March.

Lexical items ( Verb slot)

Education_teaching teach He taught singing to the girls at Josias Priest's school in Chelsea. Cause_to_perceive demonstrate While her husband shows off his lambs, Joanna Burr demonstrates spinning to another group of children in the visitors' centre next door. display This is used to display instructions to the Offline Operator about which media items to load on the available units during this particular run. show The students show their writing to me, other teachers, other students, and any person or organization for whom the writing is intended. present She presents a broken tea-cup to the landlord, who charges four pence for whisky. Lexical items without a frame: introduce Mike Varney introduced me to Jason, who was only 16 at the time.

Phraseological constructions