Cause to experience "V n to n" construction
Form
NP
Cause
Verb
NP
Patient
to
NP
Situation
Examples
Cause
[The military tribunal]
had
Verb
condemned
Patient
[six other officers]
to
to
Situation
[life imprisonment.]
Cause
[The advent of the train]
almost
Verb
doomed
Patient
[the breed]
to
to
Situation
extinction.
Meaning
A Cause is responsible for a Patient experiencing a Situation, typically a detrimental one.
Roles
Cause
A fact, person, or thing that is responsible for the Situation experienced by the Patient, either deliberately or not.
Patient
The person or thing that is made to experience the Situation.
Situation
A state or set of circumstances that the Cause causes the Patient to be in, often to their detriment.
Frames
Inherits from
Sub-constructions
Lexical items ( Verb slot)
Lexical items without a frame:
condemn
An X-ray later condemned me to six months away from this crazy pastime.
doom
The advent of the train almost doomed the breed to extinction.
sentence
The magistrates sentenced Graham to a total of 160 hours community service.
subject
The press subjected Oscar Wilde to vicious attack.
Phraseological constructions
Here we still put murderers to death.