"put n to death" construction

Form

NP
Authority
put
NP
Victim
to death

Examples

Here
Authority we
still
put put
Victim murderers
to death [to death.]

Meaning

An Authority causes a Victim to be killed, usually because of some wrongdoing.

Roles

Authority
A person or group that is control of the Victim's death sentence.
Victim
The person that the Authority has decided should be killed.

Frames

Killing ( Killer, Victim )

Inherits from

Sub-constructions

Phraseological constructions