FrameNet Berkeley

Frame Report

Search the frame index by name, then open a frame to read its full report.

Searching frames

Notification_of_charges [agentive]

โ€น Back Next โ€บ
The judge or other court officer (the Authority) informs the Accused of the Charges against him/her, i.e. the alleged actions and the relevant laws.

The board has been accused by the federal court of making decisions based on narrow agendas and meddling where it shouldn't.

The police charged a young nurse with four murders.
Compare to: Citing.

Properties

ID
#129
Entry
frm_notification_of_charges
Namespace
Eventive.Agentive
FrameNet version
Notification_of_charges (fn_1.7_2023)
Domains
โ€”
Types
โ€”
Ontological type
โ€”
English name
Notification_of_charges

Core Frame Elements (3)

Core Frame Elements
Frame element Definition Semantic type Constraint
Accused
The person being charged with an offense against the law.
category
sentient
โ€”
Arraign_authority
The judge or other authority of the court in which the accused person is arraigned.
category
sentient
โ€”
Charges
The crime with which the Accused is charged
โ€” โ€”

Peripheral Frame Elements (2)

Peripheral Frame Elements
Frame element Definition Semantic type Constraint
Place
Where the event takes place.
category
locative_relation
โ€”
Time
When the event occurs.
category
time
โ€”

Extra-thematic Frame Elements (1)

Extra-thematic Frame Elements
Frame element Definition Semantic type Constraint
Containing_event
The larger event which contains the Notification of Charges event.
Seven people have been indicted in the seven-year investigation|CE.
โ€” โ€”

Frame-Frame Relations (4)

Precedes

Precedes relations
Precedes
Entering_of_plea
FE-FE

See_also

See_also relations
Has as see_also
Citing
FE-FE

SubFrame

SubFrame relations
Is subframe of
Arraignment
FE-FE

Using

Using relations
Uses
Communication
FE-FE

Lexical Units (5)

Lexical units of this frame
LU Type Definition
accuse.v โ€” COD: charge with an offence or crime.
charge.n โ€” COD: a formal accusation made against a prisoner brought to trial
charge.v โ€” COD: Charge a person with a crime
indict.v โ€” COD: formally accuse or charge with a serious crime.
indictment.n โ€” COD: a formal charge or accusation of a serious crime.
Frame Chain TQR Visual Units

None.

None.

No visual units

This frame has no visual-unit images.