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Body_description_holistic [gradable]
This frame covers descriptions of an entire human body, viewed as a gestalt (as opposed to descriptions based on salient body parts). The Frame Elements are Individual and Figure.
Chuck|Ind is muscular.
Chuck|Ind has a muscular body.
Chuck|Ind is muscular.
Chuck|Ind has a muscular body.
Properties
- ID
- #157
- Entry
- frm_body_description_holistic
- Namespace
- Attribute.Gradable
- FrameNet version
- Body_description_holistic (fn_1.7_2023)
- Domains
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- Types
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- Ontological type
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- English name
- Body_description_holistic
Core Frame Elements (2)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Figure |
This FE identifies the Figure or form being described by the target.
Chuck has a muscular body. |
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| Individual |
This FE identifies the individual (or individuals) being described.
Chuck|Ind is muscular. Chuck|Ind has a muscular body. |
category
human
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Peripheral Frame Elements (1)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Degree |
This FE identifies the Degree to which a body has a particular characteristic.
Chuck is rather muscular. |
category
degree
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Frame-Frame Relations (1)
Inheritance
Lexical Units (42)
| LU | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| angular.a | — | COD: (of a person) lean and having a prominent bone structure. |
| beefy.a | — | FN: stocky, muscular of build |
| big-boned.a | — | FN: large of frame (euphemism for fat) |
| bony.a | — | COD: so thin that the bones can be seen. |
| brawny.a | — | FN: (of a person) phsycially strong and large |
| chubby.a | — | COD: plump and rounded. |
| corpulent.a | — | COD: (of a person) fat. |
| dumpy.a | — | COD: .-ier, -iest short and stout. |
| fat.a | — | COD: (of a person or animal) having much excess fat; corpulent. |
| female.a | — | COD: of the sex that can bear offspring or produce eggs; feminine |
| flabby.a | — | COD: soft, loose, and fleshy. |
| gaunt.a | — | COD: lean and haggard, especially through suffering, hunger, or age. |
| heavy-set.a | — | FN: overweight |
| hefty.a | — | COD: large, heavy, and powerful. |
| lanky.a | — | COD: .-ier, -iest ungracefully thin and tall. |
| lean.a | — | COD: (of a person) thin, especially healthily so |
| lithe.a | — | COD: slim, supple, and graceful. |
| male.a | — | COD: of the sex that can beget offspring by fertilization or insemination; masculine |
| medium-build.a | — | FN: of average height and weight |
| muscular.a | — | COD: having well-developed muscles. |
| obese.a | — | COD: grossly fat or overweight. |
| paunchy.a | — | FN: (of a person) overweight, especially with a large stomach |
| plump.a | — | COD: rather fat. |
| portly.a | — | COD: -ier, -iest (especially of a man) rather fat. |
| pudgy.a | — | COD: informal rather fat. |
| puny.a | — | COD: small and weak |
| rangy.a | — | COD: (of a person) tall and slim; long-limbed. |
| scrawny.a | — | COD: -ier, -iest unattractively thin and bony. |
| short.a | — | COD: (of a person) small in height. |
| skinny.a | — | COD: -ier, -iest (of a person) unattractively thin. |
| slender.a | — | COD: gracefully thin |
| slim.a | — | COD: gracefully thin; slenderly built. |
| spindly.a | — | COD: long or tall and thin. |
| squat.a | — | COD: short or low, and disproportionately broad or wide. |
| stocky.a | — | COD: -ier, -iest (especially of a person) short and sturdy. |
| stout.a | — | COD: rather fat or heavily built. |
| stubby.a | — | COD: -ier, -iest short and thick. |
| svelte.a | — | COD: slender and elegant. |
| tall.a | — | FN: of more than average height. |
| thickset.a | — | COD: (of a person or animal) heavily or solidly built; stocky. |
| thin.a | — | COD: having little flesh or fat on the body. |
| wiry.a | — | COD: lean, tough, and sinewy. |
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