Expanding Construction Grammar and Frame Semantics

Partial Productivity – Constraint 1
Agent: construable as emitting energy.
(28)a. Then Googol sprawled wretchedly on a couch,
whispering of how a power axe had sliced a
hole through the door … (BNC)
b. The bullet blew a hole through the right ear.
c. He would draw the line over and over until he
wore a hole through the paper.
(29)a. *The blanket sliced a hole through the door.
b. *The book blew a hole through my desk.
c. *The peace wore a hole through her wall.
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