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Reassuring [agentive]
A Speaker conveys a Message to an Experiencer in order to reassure them about a Situation; Medium and the Means of the communication also may be expressed.
We reassured him that his decision was sound|Msg.
We reassured him that his decision was sound|Msg.
Properties
- ID
- #1378
- Entry
- frm_reassuring
- Namespace
- Eventive.Agentive
- FrameNet version
- Reassuring (fn_1.7_2023)
- Domains
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- Types
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- Ontological type
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- English name
- Reassuring
Core Frame Elements (4)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Experiencer |
The Experiencer receives reassurance from the Speaker.
He tried to reassure his potential customers|Exp that his company not only offered the best service, but also the most competitive prices. |
category
sentient
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— |
| Message |
The Message is a proposition or set of propositions that the Speaker wants the Experiencer to believe in order to feel reassured.
How do you reassure them that you really like them|Msg? |
category
content
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— |
| Situation |
The Situation is the problem plaguing the Experiencer, about which the Speaker reassures them.
The policeman reassured him about the safety of the neighborhood. |
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| Speaker |
The sentient entity that uses language in the written or spoken modality to reassure another person.
He reassured her that she was his favorite ice-skating star. |
category
sentient
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FE Core Set(s) and Excludes
CoreSet
Message
Situation
Peripheral Frame Elements (5)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amount_of_reassurance |
The amount of reassurance given.
He never really fully reassured me about the situation. |
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| Manner |
The Manner in which the Speaker reassures the Experiencer|Exp.
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category
manner
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— |
| Means |
The Means by which the Speaker reassures the Experiencer.
Him mother reassured him with a pat on the back|Mns. |
category
state_of_affairs
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— |
| Medium |
The physical or abstract setting in which the Message is conveyed.
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| Time |
The Time at which the reassurance takes place.
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category
time
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— |
Extra-thematic Frame Elements (1)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depictive |
The Depictive describes the state of the Speaker.
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Frame-Frame Relations (1)
Inheritance
Lexical Units (2)
| LU | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| reassurance.n | — | FN: an act that allays doubts and fears |
| reassure.v | — | COD: allay the doubts and fears of |
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