[ { "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 (the Agent verbally expresses the Fact as a message: say, claim), cognition (the Agent has the Fact in mind: think, realise), emotion (the Agent has a particular emotional reaction to the Fact: like, fear), 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." }, { "id": 2, "construction_id": "Vthat1", "pattern": null, "name": "Communication \"V that\"", "description": null, "author": null, "usagenotes": null, "form": "NP Verb (that) Clause", "meaning": "A Communicator conveys a Message, by verbal or non-verbal means." }, { "id": 4, "construction_id": "Vthat12", "pattern": null, "name": "Request \"V that\"", "description": null, "author": null, "usagenotes": null, "form": "NP Verb that Clause(mandative)", "meaning": "A Speaker utters a Message asking for some action to be done." } ]