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
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.