University of Birmingham · Example Payload

University Of Birmingham Getconstruction Example

This is a very general construction abstracting over a range of more specific uses. In this construction, a person or entity (the Agent) is put in relation with a particular event or situation (a Fact), expressed as a clause optionally introduced by 'that'. The nature of this relation depends on the verb that is used in the construction: communication, cognition, emotion, and several others.

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University Of Birmingham Getconstruction Example is an example object payload from University of Birmingham, with 9 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.

Top-level fields

idconstruction_idpatternnamedescriptionauthorusagenotesformmeaning

Example Payload

{
  "id": 1,
  "construction_id": "Vthat0",
  "pattern": "V that",
  "name": "\"V that\"",
  "description": "This is a very general construction abstracting over a range of more specific uses. In this construction, a person or entity (the Agent) is put in relation with a particular event or situation (a Fact), expressed as a clause optionally introduced by 'that'. The nature of this relation depends on the verb that is used in the construction: communication, cognition, emotion, and several others.",
  "author": null,
  "usagenotes": null,
  "form": "NP Verb (that) Clause",
  "meaning": "An Agent relates to a Fact in a way specified by the verb."
}