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Required_event [modal]
Unless a particular Required_situation obtains, Negative_consequences will follow. Alternatively, the Required_situation is required to achieve a Purpose (which avoids Negative_consequences). A set of Circumstances may be specified under which the requirement holds.
You|req must turn in your test by 5 p.m.|req
You|req better have that fixed by tomorrow|req or else we'll fire you|neg.
The book|req needs to be shorter|req to sell to such a young audience.|pur
Most, but not all, LUs of this frame are usable in a context that implies a duty or responsibility, concepts related to the Being_obligated frame. However, our analysis is that such interpretations are due to contextual pragmatic strengthening--in other words, a duty is a frequently salient type of purpose that has negative consequences if not achieved.
You|req must turn in your test by 5 p.m.|req
You|req better have that fixed by tomorrow|req or else we'll fire you|neg.
The book|req needs to be shorter|req to sell to such a young audience.|pur
Most, but not all, LUs of this frame are usable in a context that implies a duty or responsibility, concepts related to the Being_obligated frame. However, our analysis is that such interpretations are due to contextual pragmatic strengthening--in other words, a duty is a frequently salient type of purpose that has negative consequences if not achieved.
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- frm_required_event
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- Required_event (fn_1.7_2023)
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- Required_event
Core Frame Elements (1)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
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| Required_situation |
The state-of-affairs which prevents Negative_consequences.
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Peripheral Frame Elements (5)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
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| Degree |
The degree to which the Required_situation is necessary. The Degree may either imply a modification of the direness of the Negative_consequences, the probability of the Negative_consequences (if the Required_situation is not made to hold), or both.
He absolutely|deg must be replaced . |
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degree
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| Negative_consequences |
An event or state of affairs that results if the required Required_situation does not occur and which impacts some deprofiled entity in a way that the speaker finds undesirable.
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| Place |
The location within which the Required_situation is required.
In California|pla , seatbelts must be fastened at all times . |
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locative_relation
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| Purpose |
The event or state of affairs that is achieved by bringing about the Required_situation and which entails the non-occurrance of Negative_consequences.
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state_of_affairs
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| Time |
The period during which the Required_situation is necessary to prevent negative consequences.
He was told that when he got back|tim , his column needed a serious rethink . |
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time
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Extra-thematic Frame Elements (2)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
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| Circumstances |
The FE Circumstances encodes a setting, often temporal or spatial, within which the requirement holds.
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| Explanation |
The reason why the Required_situation is necessary.
I do realize his pitch needed to be wide-ranging because of the differences between folks in the room|exp . |
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state_of_affairs
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Frame-Frame Relations (6)
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Lexical Units (13)
| LU | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| be supposed.v | — | COD: be required or expected to do something. |
| best.v | — | FN: had better; ought to |
| better.v | — | FN: would find it wiser to. |
| got to.v | — | FN: to be bound to a course of action by the possiblity of a negative outcome emerging from inaction |
| gotta.v | — | COD: have got to. |
| had better.v | — | COD: would find it wiser to. |
| hafta.v | — | FN: considering oneself obligated to do something for fear of negative consequences with inaction (fast speech for 'have to') |
| have to.v | — | FN: must. |
| must.v | — | FN: be strongly required in order to avoid negative consequences, social or otherwise |
| need.v | — | FN: be required in order to avoid negative consequences, usually physical |
| ought to.v | — | FN: should. |
| oughta.v | — | FN: ought to |
| shall.v | — | FN: indicates an obligated or determined event |
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