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Misdeed [agentive]

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A Wrongdoer engages in a Misdeed.

You|wro have sinned for the last time, Stephen!

Properties

ID
#1100
Entry
frm_misdeed
Namespace
Eventive.Agentive
FrameNet version
Misdeed (fn_1.7_2023)
Domains
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Types
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Ontological type
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English name
Misdeed

Core Frame Elements (2)

Core Frame Elements
Frame element Definition Semantic type Constraint
Misdeed
The assessment of the Wrongdoer is based on his or her Misdeed.

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Wrongdoer
This is the person whose Misdeed is being judged with respect to its morality.
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Peripheral Frame Elements (5)

Peripheral Frame Elements
Frame element Definition Semantic type Constraint
Manner
Any description of the Misdeed which is not covered by more specific FEs, including secondary effects (quietly, loudly), and general descriptions comparing events (the same way). In addition, it may indicate salient characteristics of a Wrongdoer that also affect the action (presumptuously, coldly, deliberately, eagerly, carefully).

Many years of quiet|man transgressions later, he found he no longer knew if it was truly wrong.
category
manner
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Means
An action taken by the Wrongdoer which accomplishes the Misdeed.

If they sin by ignoring the warnings of their elders|mea, they are to blame for the consequences.
category
state_of_affairs
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Place
The location where a Misdeed occurs.

Sexual peccadilloes in the White House are one thing, lying before Congress quite another.
category
locative_relation
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Purpose
The state-of-affairs that the Wrongdoer is hoping to accomplish through their Misdeed.

You sin merely to spit in the eye of your own creator|pur!
category
state_of_affairs
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Time
The time at which a Misdeed is performed.

The misdeeds of the previous evening|tim were all forgotten now.
category
time
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Extra-thematic Frame Elements (4)

Extra-thematic Frame Elements
Frame element Definition Semantic type Constraint
Frequency
How often the Wrongdoer commits the Misdeed.
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Injured_party
An individual who is harmed by the Misdeed of the Wrongdoer.

Sins against one's fellow man|inj are the most egregious, though.
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Severity
The Severity is the degree to which the Misdeed offends the moral sense of the Viewpoint.

Such a grievous|sev sin was not likely to go unpunished.
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Viewpoint
The individual whose point of view is taken in assigning the judgment denoted by the target.
category
sentient
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Frame-Frame Relations (4)

Inheritance

Inheritance relations
Inherits from
Event
FE-FE
Is Inherited By
Committing_crime
FE-FE

Using

Using relations
Is used by
Guilt_or_innocence
FE-FE

Lexical Units (6)

Lexical units of this frame
LU Type Definition
misdeed.n โ€” COD: a wicked or illegal act.
peccadillo.n โ€” COD: a minor sin or fault.
sin.n โ€” COD: an immoral act considered to be a transgression against divine law.
sin.v โ€” COD: commit a sin.
transgress.v โ€” FN: to act in a way that defies moral precepts
transgression.n โ€” FN: an act that defies moral precepts.
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