Adjusting "V n to n" construction

Form

NP
Agent
Verb
NP
Feature
to
NP
Circumstances

Examples

Agent I
Verb accostumed
Feature [my pupils]
to to
Circumstances [the tiny hard lenses.]
Agent I
have learned to
Verb adapt
Feature [the eating plan]
to to
Circumstances [my needs.]

Meaning

An Agent changes a Feature (often of him- or herself) to fit some Circumstances.

Roles

Agent
The individual that controls the Feature.
Feature
The entity that is changed by the Agent according to the Circumstances. It can be a part of the Agent (e.g. a body part), the Agent itself, or a third party.
Circumstances
Something in the Agent's environment to which he or she is adapting the Feature.

Frames

Inherits from

Sub-constructions

Lexical items ( Verb slot)

Adjusting accustom You can then plan to accustom the dog to the stimulus without conflict. adapt All biological life thus adapted its metabolism to the level of solar warmth. adjust Fosdyke adjusted himself to the change of subject. acclimatize I acclimatised myself to the changes over forty years. accommodate Adults, however, have greater difficulty in accommodating their views to the miracles' of modern technology. Lexical items without a frame: reconcile Scientists reconciled themselves to the fact that the answers to such questions would never be known with certainty.

Phraseological constructions

"resign -self to n"
They resigned themselves to the Roman presence in their country.