Light Verb Constructions (LVCs)
Light verb constructions are verb and noun combinations in which the verb has lost its meaning to some degree and the noun is used in one of its original senses, typically denoting an event or an action. Light verb constructions (LVCs) are not multiword terms in the Lexicon because they are recorded in the verb complement types in the lexRecord of the associated verbs. For example, “make love” and “give birth”, are coded as “tran=np|love|” and “ditran=np|birth|,pphr(to,np)” in the lexRecords of “make” (E0038623) and “give” (E0029785), respectively, as shown bellows. The information on these types of MWEs is stored inside the lexRecords and they are not considered multiword terms (not a base form or inflectional variants of a lexical entry). They can be retrieved/identified from the Lexicon by a parser (LexCheck).
{base=give entry=E0029785 cat=verb variants=irreg|give|gives|gave|given|giving| intran intran;part(out) intran;part(over) intran;part(in) intran;part(up) tran=np tran=np;part(back) tran=np;part(over) tran=np;part(out) tran=np;part(off);noprtmvt tran=np;part(in) tran=pphr(to,np);part(in) tran=pphr(on,np);part(up) tran=np;part(up) tran=np;part(away) tran=whinfcomp:arbc;part(away) tran=ingcomp:subjc;part(up) tran=ingcomp:subjc;part(out) ditran=np,np|short shrift| ditran=np,pphr(to,np);datmvt ditran=np,pphr(to,np);part(back);datmvt ditran=np,pphr(for,np) ditran=np,pphr(to,np);part(out) ditran=np,pphr(to,np);part(over) ditran=np,pphr(for,np);part(up) ditran=np,pphr(to,np);part(back) ditran=np|rise|,pphr(to,np) ditran=np|birth|,pphr(to,np) cplxtran=np,infcomp:objr cplxtran=np,infcomp:objr;part(out) cplxtran=np,ingcomp:arbc;part(over) nominalization=gift|noun|E0029737 class_type=unassigned } {base=make entry=E0038623 cat=verb variants=irreg|make|makes|made|made|making| intran;part(off) intran;part(out) intran;part(up) tran=np tran=np|headway| tran=np|love| tran=np|mischief| tran=np|merry| tran=np|believe| tran=np|decision| tran=np|it| tran=np;part(out) tran=np;part(up) tran=np;part(over) tran=pphr(after,np) tran=pphr(with,np);part(away) tran=pphr(with,np);part(off) tran=pphr(for,np);nopass tran=pphr(at,np) tran=pphr(of,np);nopass tran=pphr(with,np);part(out) tran=pphr(to,np);part(up) tran=pphr(for,np);part(up) tran=pphr(for,ingcomp:subjc);part(up) tran=ascomp:subjc;part(up) tran=whinfcomp:subjc;part(out) tran=whfincomp;part(out) tran=fincomp(o);part(out) tran=infcomp:subjc tran=np|mistake| ditran=np,pphr(for,np);datmvt ditran=np,pphr(of,np) ditran=np,pphr(to,np);datmvt ditran=np,pphr(for,np) ditran=np,pphr(into,np);part(over) ditran=np|love|,pphr(to,np) ditran=np|love|,pphr(with,np) ditran=np,pphr(to,np);part(over) ditran=np,pphr(with,np);part(up) link=np cplxtran=np,ascomp:objc;part(up) cplxtran=np,np cplxtran=np,adj cplxtran=np,advbl cplxtran=np,edcomp:objc cplxtran=np,binfcomp:objc cplxtran=np,infcomp:objc cplxtran=np,infcomp:objc;part(out) cplxtran=np,pphr(into,np) cplxtran=np,pphr(out of,np) nominalization=mischief-making|noun|E0040451 nominalization=merrymaking|noun|E0039645 nominalization=decisionmaking|noun|E0021045 nominalization=lovemaking|noun|E0502721 nominalization=makeup|noun|E0038625 class_type=unassigned }