Syntactic function vtoN1.adVtoN2
transitive verb with its nominal object N1, preceding and modifying another transitive verb with its nominal object N2
The way we construe this puzzling but not uncommon construction can be paraphrased in English as follows: "naming the object N1 to call it an N2". Note incidentally that 曰 is not generally used as a vtt with two explicit objects.
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