drink oneself to death construction

Form

NP
Drinker
Verb
-self
to death

Examples

Drinker [His mother]
had
Verb drunk
-self herself
to death [to death]
long ago.

Meaning

A Drinker drinks alcohol in such large amounts and over such a long period of time that it eventually causes his or her death.

Roles

Drinker
Someone who indulges in heavy drinking.

Frames

Ingestion ( Ingestor )
Death ( Protagonist )

Inherits from

Sub-constructions

Phraseological constructions