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causative construction (cxn)
a.k.a.
a construction describing an event, in which an external cause has been added to the base event, and the external cause is salient enough to be expressed as a core argument phrase, specifically the subject. Example: I made Fred wash the car is an instance of a causative construction in which Fred washing the car is the base event, and an external cause (me) is added and is encoded as the subject. (Sections 9.1, 9.2)
Constituency
Is Component Of
Expression
Has As Expression
Hierarchy