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

Attempt_suasion ( Speaker, Content )

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.

Phraseological constructions