Attempt_suasion "V that" construction
Form
NP
Speaker
Verb
that
Clause
Content
Examples
Speaker
[Mr Fujimori]
has now
Verb
promised
that
that
Content
[new laws will be debated in advance.]
Speaker
[Saddam Hussein]
Verb
threatened
that
that
Content
[it was in his power to sponsor terrorist attacks.]
Meaning
A Speaker utters some Content to convince hearers that some state of affairs should hold.
Roles
Speaker
The person uttering the request.
Content
The content of the request made by the Speaker.
Frames
Inherits from
Sub-constructions
Lexical items ( Verb slot)
Attempt_suasion
advise
The government has advised that women who are pregnant or may become pregnant should not eat liver.
advocate
He advocated that they should be subdued by armed force.
insist
My family insisted that I should not give in, but stay and fight.
move
I move that we sell the cellar.
preach
Why do the government preach that we should listen to industry?
propose
The local borough has proposed that the wood should be declared a local nature reserve.
recommend
The judge recommended that he serve 20 years in prison.
suggest
I would strongly suggest that you think about the type of frame you will be using.