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Arson [agentive]
A Perpetrator intentionally sets fire to his own or someone else's property, often in order to collect an insurance payment on this property.
Two men were charged with [arson|Offense].
Two men were charged with [arson|Offense].
Properties
- ID
- #138
- Entry
- frm_arson
- Namespace
- Eventive.Agentive
- FrameNet version
- Arson (fn_1.7_2023)
- Domains
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- Types
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- Ontological type
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- English name
- Arson
Core Frame Elements (3)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
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| Offense |
The illegal setting of fire to destroy something.
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category
state_of_affairs
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| Perpetrator |
The Perpetrator sets fire to a building in order to gain some benefit from so doing.
The two men were charged with arson when found running from the burning factory. |
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sentient
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| Victim |
Victim identifies the enity that is negatively effected by the arson. There has been an increase in the number of arson attacks on local schools.
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sentient
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Peripheral Frame Elements (7)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
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| Degree |
This FE identifies the Degree to which an event occurs
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degree
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| Duration |
This FE identifies the Duration of time that a state holds or a process is ongoing.
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duration
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| Manner |
This FE identifies the Manner in which an action is performed.
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manner
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| Means |
This FE identifies the Means by which arson is committed.
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category
state_of_affairs
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| Place |
This FE identifies the Place where the arson occurs.
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category
locative_relation
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| Purpose |
The action that the Perpetrator is trying to accomplish with the arson Event.
Arson for insurance fraud|Purp is quite common. |
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state_of_affairs
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| Time |
This FE identifies the Time when the arson occurs.
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category
time
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Extra-thematic Frame Elements (3)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depictive |
Depictive identifies a phrase that describes the actor of an action.
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| Explanation |
The Explanation denotes a proposition from which the main clause (headed by the target) logically follows. This often means that the Explanation causes the target's proposition, but not in all cases.
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state_of_affairs
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| Frequency |
The frequency with which an act of arson is committed.
The churches were plagued with frequent|Freq arson. |
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Frame-Frame Relations (3)
Inheritance
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Lexical Units (2)
| LU | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| arson.n | — | COD: the criminal act of deliberately setting fire to property. |
| arsonist.n | — | FN: the criminal who deliberately set things on fire |
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