Alternation ‘Quasi-benefactive-accompaniment with’ (Uncoded)

Verbs like carry, bring and take can add a plain, i.e. non-reflexive preposition co-referential with the subject in a with-phrase; e.g. I took my brother with me, He brought his racquet with him. The implication is that the subject could benefit from the presence of the person or thing, e.g. as company, as equipment. There is no standard name for this construction, cf. Levin (1993: 104).

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