A ditransitive construction is a °clause construction with a °verb and three °arguments that denotes an event of physical or mental transfer with an °agent argument, a °recipient/addressee argument, and a °theme argument, or a clause that has the same coding properties.
ditransitive construction (CXN) = the construction used to express the agent of the trivalent giving event (the A role), the theme of the giving event (the T role), and the recipient of the giving event (the R role) when the agent is more salient than the theme or recipient. Example: Randy gave the car to his daughter is an instance of the exemplar (the single “most prototypical” example) of the ditransi- tive construction. (Sections 6.1.2, 7.5.1)