Syntactic function vt{COP}+N1.vt{COP}+N2
transitive verb which is a copula with nominal object N1, that phrase being in construction with the same transitive verb (copula) with the object N2
the construction is emphatic and establishes a relation between N1 and N2, usually the relation of identity
Usage
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