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Personal_relationship [association]
The words in this frame have to do with people and the personal Relationships they are or can be a part of. Some of the words denote people engaged in a particular kind of Relationship, others denote the Relationship, yet others the events bringing about or ending the Relationships. Many of the words presuppose an understanding of states and events that must have occurred before another event takes place or before a person can be classified in a certain way.
And of course that drippy [boyfriend|target] of hers backed her up.
As the happy [couple|target] took their places there was a stir and a rising babble behind them.
Pattie is living proof that if you live with a man, you discover a lot you didn't know when you were just dating him.
And of course that drippy [boyfriend|target] of hers backed her up.
As the happy [couple|target] took their places there was a stir and a rising babble behind them.
Pattie is living proof that if you live with a man, you discover a lot you didn't know when you were just dating him.
Properties
- ID
- #102
- Entry
- frm_personal_relationship
- Namespace
- Relation.Association
- FrameNet version
- Personal_relationship (fn_1.7_2023)
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- Ontological type
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- English name
- Personal_relationship
Core Frame Elements (3)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Partners |
The joint construal of both Partners in the Relationship.
John and Sue are married. They are engaged. |
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| Partner_1 |
That partner in the Relationship who is realized as the subject of verbs in active form sentences, or of adjectives in predicative uses.
John is married to Sue. John is Sue's husband. When the target word is a noun (e.g. mistress, lover, bachelor), that noun is annotated as Partner_1 and, if there is one, the other member of the Relationship is Partner_2. George is a bachelor. George's [mistress|Partner_1] left the party. George has a [mistress|Partner_1]. When there is a word other than the target that refers to Partner_1, that word is tagged rather than the target. George is Laura's lover. |
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| Partner_2 |
That partner in the Relationship who is not expressed as the external argument.
John is Sue's husband. John is engaged to Joan. |
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FE Core Set(s) and Excludes
Excludes
Partner_1
Partner_2
Partners
Peripheral Frame Elements (6)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Degree |
Degree to which event occurs
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category
degree
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| Duration |
The length of the relationship.
I'd like you to meet my long-time friend. |
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duration
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| Manner |
Manner of performing an action
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category
manner
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| Means |
An act whereby a focal participant achieves an action indicated by the target.
He befriended her by staying after to talk every day. |
category
state_of_affairs
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| Relationship |
The Relationship between Partners.
His wanderings caused the break-up of their marriage. |
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| Source_of_relationship |
The source of the relationship.
Have you seen my old High School|Src buddy Johnathan Rich lately? |
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Extra-thematic Frame Elements (1)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depictive |
Depictive phrase describing the Partners.
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Frame-Frame Relations (2)
Inchoative
Using
Lexical Units (62)
| LU | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| adultery.n | — | COD: voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and a person who is not their spouse |
| affair.n | — | COD: a love affair |
| affianced.a | — | FN: engaged to marry. |
| amigo.n | — | COD: (especially in Spanish-speaking areas) a friend |
| bachelor.n | — | COD: a man who is not and has never been married |
| beau.n | — | COD: a boyfriend or male admirer |
| befriend.v | — | COD: act as or become a friend to. |
| betrothed.a | — | COD: formally engaged to be married |
| betrothed.n | — | COD: the person to whom one is engaged. |
| boyfriend.n | — | COD: a person's regular male companion in a romantic or sexual relationship |
| break-up.n | — | FN: the ending of a personal relationship. |
| buddy.n | — | COD: a close friend. |
| chum.n | — | COD: a close friend. |
| chummy.a | — | FN: friendly |
| cobber.n | — | COD: a companion or friend. |
| cohabit.v | — | COD: live together and have a sexual relationship without being married |
| cohabitation.n | — | FN: the act or state of living together, generally with a sexual relationship |
| companion.n | — | FN: Person with whom one spends time. |
| couple.n | — | COD: two people who are married or otherwise closely associated romantically or sexually |
| court.v | — | COD: be involved with romantically, typically with the intention of marrying |
| crush.n | — | COD: an intense infatuation |
| date.v | — | COD: go on a date with |
| divorced.a | — | FN: having legally dissolved one's marriage |
| divorcee.n | — | COD: a divorced person |
| engaged.a | — | COD: having formally agreed to marry |
| engagement.n | — | COD: a formal agreement to get married |
| estranged.a | — | FN: feeling indifference or hostility towards one's partner |
| familiar.a | — | FN: in close friendship, usually intimate and personal |
| fiancé.n | — | FN: a man engaged to be married as considered by his future spouse |
| fiancée.n | — | FN: a woman engaged to be married considered in relation to her future spouse |
| friend.n | — | COD: a person with whom one has a bond of mutual affection, typically one exclusive of sexual or family relations |
| friendship.n | — | FN: the relationship between friends |
| girlfriend.n | — | COD: a person's regular female companion in a romantic or sexual relationship |
| husband.n | — | COD: a married man considered in relation to his wife |
| inamorata.n | — | FN: a woman with whom one is in love |
| lover.n | — | COD: a person having a sexual or romantic relationship with another |
| marital.a | — | FN: pertaining to marriage |
| marriage.n | — | COD: the formal union of a man and a woman, typically as recognized by law, by which they become husband a |
| married.a | — | FN: the marital status of a husband or wife |
| mate.n | — | COD: a friend or companion. |
| mistress.n | — | COD: a woman (other than a wife) having a sexual relationship with a married man |
| moll.n | — | COD: a gangster's female companion. |
| pal.n | — | COD: a friend. |
| paramour.n | — | COD: a lover, especially the illicit partner of a married person. |
| partner.n | — | COD: either member of a married couple or of an established unmarried couple |
| relationship.n | — | FN: An established romantic, sexual, or platonic connection |
| romance.n | — | COD: a love affair, especially a relatively brief and lighthearted one. |
| seeing.v | — | COD: meet regularly as a boyfriend or girlfriend |
| significant other.n | — | COD: a person with whom someone has an established romantic or sexual relationship. |
| single.a | — | COD: not involved in a stable romantic or sexual relationship |
| sleep together.v | — | COD: have sexual intercourse or be involved in a sexual relationship |
| sleep with.v | — | COD: have sexual intercourse or be involved in a sexual relationship |
| spinster.n | — | COD: (chiefly derogatory) an unmarried woman, typically an older woman beyond the usual age for marriage. |
| spousal.a | — | FN: pertaining to one's spouse. |
| spouse.n | — | COD: a husband or wife |
| sugar daddy.n | — | COD: a rich older man who lavishes gifts on a young woman in return for her company or sexual favours. |
| suitor.n | — | COD: a man who pursues a relationship with a woman with a view to marriage |
| widow.n | — | COD: a woman who has lost her husband by death and has not married again |
| widow.v | — | COD: (passive only) to become a widow or widower |
| widowed.a | — | FN: having lost a spouse by death (without re-marrying) |
| widower.n | — | COD: a man who has lost his wife by death and has not married again |
| wife.n | — | COD: a married woman considered in relation to her husband |
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