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Bragging [agentive]
A Speaker talks about a Topic, which may be an action performed by the Speaker or an entity or state of affairs that they are associated with in order to suggest that the Speaker is worthy of admiration. The Speaker may give an explicit Explanation for why the Topic redounds to their credit. Alternatively, a Message frame element can be used to directly describe what the Speaker says, leaving the more specific Explanation for admirability to be inferred. Instead of the Speaker, the action may be attributed metonymically to the Medium, or possibly the Expressor.
Turkish officials boasted of giving 'tens of thousands of dollars in surreptitious payments' to a prominent American politician.
He then vaunted his own clan, but failed to mention Emanuel Ungaro, who described the omission as ''lamentable''.
The press release boasts that "a direct connection between the cartridge and the system" means no more having to blow dust out of game cartridges|mes.
70's comics like Chevy Chase and Steve Martin over-stated their egotism and preened over their superiority.
Turkish officials boasted of giving 'tens of thousands of dollars in surreptitious payments' to a prominent American politician.
He then vaunted his own clan, but failed to mention Emanuel Ungaro, who described the omission as ''lamentable''.
The press release boasts that "a direct connection between the cartridge and the system" means no more having to blow dust out of game cartridges|mes.
70's comics like Chevy Chase and Steve Martin over-stated their egotism and preened over their superiority.
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- Eventive.Agentive
- FrameNet version
- Bragging (fn_1.7_2023)
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- Bragging
Core Frame Elements (5)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
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| Expressor |
Expressor is the body part or action that conveys the feeling of pride of the Speaker.
The senator's boastful exaggerations of her academic record at a New Hampshire campaign event|exp also contributed to her withdrawal. |
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| Medium |
Medium is the physical entity or channel used by the Speaker to transmit the statement.
CNN's Jeff Greenfield bragged on the air recently that ratings are high. |
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| Message |
A description of the state of affairs that redounds to the Speaker's credit
Cosmai BRAGGED that Hyundai's latest quality rankings place the automaker on par with Honda and Toyota|mes. |
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| Speaker |
The Speaker is the person who produces a message about a Topic.
During the 1990s Rio Grande Do Sul's governor, Olivio Dutra of the PT,|Spkr PREENED about the province's GE-free status. |
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| Topic |
The Topic is a positively judged entity or state of affairs with which the Speaker is associated and about which they talk.
Mike Wallace was told that Canseco had bragged about steroids|top. |
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FE Core Set(s) and Excludes
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Peripheral Frame Elements (7)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
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| Addressee |
The Addressee is the person to whom the Speaker communicated a message.
Sheppard said Turner apparently was backing up his boast to a bystander|Add when a patrol officer saw him writing on the sign and arrested him. |
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| Degree |
Degree to which event occurs.
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| Manner |
Any description of the event (or state) which is not covered by more specific FEs, including secondary effects (quietly, loudly), and general descriptions comparing events (the same way). It may indicate salient characteristics of the Speaker that also affect the action (deliberately, eagerly).
She insulted everyone she spoke to, and boasted loudly about a salary that no one else in the office could ever hope to make. |
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manner
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| Means |
An act whereby the Speaker makes a boastful statement.
He bragged about himself by saying: 'I understand the language of the birds.'|Mns |
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state_of_affairs
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| Occasion |
The Occasion is the reason a public statement is given.
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| Place |
The FE specifies the place where the statement takes place.
'I'm Pat Crowe,' he boasted at the police station. |
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locative_relation
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| Time |
The time when the statement is made.
The public does not care, but the media definitely do as Haddock herself boasted the next morning on Good Morning America. |
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time
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Extra-thematic Frame Elements (5)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
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| Depictive |
The state of the Speaker during the statement.
His drunken|Dep boast, however, cost him his life. |
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| Explanation |
A characteristic of the entity or state of affairs denoted by the Topic which explains why the Speaker is proud of the association with the Topic referent.
He's not a particularly great one, but he's vaunted by the Democrats as the greatest threat to their party|exp, so who are we to argue? |
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state_of_affairs
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| Internal_cause |
The emotional or physical state of the Speaker that leads to their speaking.
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| Particular_iteration |
Expressions marked with this extra-thematic FE indicate that the particular Statement event referred to is conceived as embedded within an iterated series of similar events or states. Most expressions of Particular_iteration indicate which instance of the series is being referred to.
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| Role |
Role is used for the capacity in which the Topic entity or state of affairs is judged, and is expressed in as-PPs.
Ricky constantly bragged about his father as a musician|rol but he never had much to say about him as a parent. |
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Inheritance
Lexical Units (10)
| LU | Type | Definition |
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| boast.n | — | COD: an act of boasting. |
| boast.v | — | COD: talk with excessive pride and self-satisfaction about oneself |
| boastful.a | — | FN: indicative of pride felt |
| brag.v | — | COD: boast |
| braggart.n | — | COD: a person who brags. |
| gripe.v | — | COD: express a trivial complaint; grumble |
| preen.v | — | FN: gloat or exult |
| rodomontade.n | — | COD: boastful or inflated talk or behaviour |
| rodomontade.v | — | FN: boast pretentiously |
| vaunt.v | — | COD: boast about or praise (something), especially excessively. |
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