Alternation ‘Stimulus prepositional object’ (Uncoded)

Some verbs of emotional reaction can take an added "stimulus" argument expressed in a prepositional phrase, e.g. Don't cry for me. This is not the same phenomenon as a subcategorised prepositional object with a predicate like afraid (of) or obsessed (with).

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