Communication "V n to n" construction
Form
NP
Communicator
Verb
NP
Message
to
NP
Addressee
Examples
Communicator
I
have
Verb
expressed
Message
[my concern]
to
to
Addressee
Jenny.
Communicator
She
never
Verb
revealed
Message
[her own secrets]
to
to
Addressee
me.
Communicator
[Lloyd George]
Verb
announced
Message
[his resignation]
to
to
Addressee
[the Commons]
on 17 March.
Meaning
A Communicator conveys a Message to an Addressee.
Roles
Communicator
Someone who uses language to convey a Message to the Addressee.
Message
What the Communicator wants the Addressee to know or be aware of.
Addressee
The person who the Communicator intends to receive the Message.
Frames
Inherits from
Sub-constructions
Houghton's wife reported him to naval security.
Some of his own priests at Canterbury denounced him to the King for heresy.
He's just broken the news to parents in a letter to each family.
Earlier in the summer he had to break some bad news to Jack McClelland.
She breaks the happy news to Steve in the Rovers.
Police officers broke the news of the incident to Mr Harkins at Edinburgh Prison.
Gerald Hussey broke the news to his daughter that she would be leaving Ireland.
Betty unburdened herself to her interviewer with characteristic frankness.
Lexical items ( Verb slot)
Text_creation
pen
Herschel penned an official letter to his superiors suggesting his system for prevention of lease forgery.
pencil
write
I sit down at my desk and write a letter of accusations to Crilly.
dash off
She dashed off scathing reports to colleagues back in Washington.
Telling
report back
Mozart was often able to report performances of it back to his father.
confide
Linguist Bob Jones confides his misgivings about the intelligence business to his father Frank.
tell
I was going to tell my joke to the nice German but he had started talking to someone else.
Successfully_communicate_message
impart
Aunt Rose would not normally have considered imparting any personal information to a servant.
Statement
announce
Lloyd George announced his resignation to the Commons on 17 March.
describe
I also began to describe my obsessions to my friend, who was wonderfully tolerant.
explain
I've explained the situation to him again and again.
intimate
Gordon had intimated earlier to me his desire to gather people together.
mention
She couldn't mention the question of lavatories to Dancer.
relate
Few employers have to contend with their management arm solemnly sitting down and condemning the negotiating strategy and then publicly relating their views to the press.
relay
It is hoped that the businessmen will relay the information to their employees.
repeat
Bunny repeated the conversation to Meredith, who laughed.
report
He reported the matter to Jacques.
say
She said something to the man who was with her.
Reveal_secret
admit
Sally is not sure whether or not she should admit her feelings to this woman.
confess
I hope you do not confess our mistress' secrets to him.
disclose
Was there any contractual duty on the defendants to disclose this material fact to the plaintiff?
divulge
Whether or not he divulged the full extent of his suspicions to the king is uncertain, but unlikely.
leak
Someone leaked information to the FBI.
reveal
She never revealed her own secrets to me.
Request
dictate
The absurdity of the universities' power to dictate the curriculum to schools catering for children, 90 per cent of whom were not proceeding to university, was manifest.
Reading_aloud
read
Teachers were asked to read each question to pupils twice.
Judgment_communication
commend
Despite the fact that modern history grows old within a week, I commend that book to people who want to understand what is happening in that part of the world.
promote
Booksellers increasingly have to promote their consolidated services to publishers.
Gesture
nod
One of them nodded a greeting to Susan.
Communication_noise
murmur
At the reception desk, he murmured a few words to the elaborately uniformed commissionaire.
Communication_means
cable
I raced back to the Press enclosure and cabled urgent-rate messages to London.
telegraph
The King of Italy telegraphed the request personally to the Tsar.
telex
The embassy says it has telexed their demands to the foreign ministry in the Laotian capital, Vientiane.
text
He texted his apologies to Mr Parlon.
Communication
communicate
That afternoon the convener communicated his version of the story to the shop steward's committee.
express
I have expressed my concern to Jenny.
put
Many of the supporters were eager to put their points of view to the waiting journalists.
Attempt_suasion
suggest
When they suggest a dance to my companion, Wesley, there seems no harm — but it turns into a smooch.
recommend
I can only recommend this book to those who are serious about the history of turning lathes and ornamental turning.
Lexical items without a frame:
air
Make sure you air your grievances to your superiors.
address
He was here addressing a warning not just to his brother but to himself.
call out
I definitely heard the child call out the word 'Daddy' to that bald man.