Frame Report

The new direction in which the Theme continues its motion.

Eventually, though, I backtracked to Kel Tole and hung a [left|dir|target] toward Kilgal Tole.

This is the object which moves. In many sentences this FE will be expressed as something which moves under its own power. However, this FE is not required to be an animate mover, so it is different from a self-mover.

At that point the truck in front of me|Thm turned right into the huge ditch/field that separates the interstate from the access road.

The angle between the old and the new Direction in which the Theme moves.

There we turned right by almost 180 degrees|ang and by a winding road, going steeply
up we went to And?lka.

Any expression which indicates where the Theme ends up as a result of the change of direction.

Finally, where the road begins to climb steeply, cut right onto a small trail near a sign in a tree, and go downhill to the stream..

Any description of the event (or state) which is not covered by more specific FEs, including force (hard, softly), secondary effects (quietly, loudly), and general descriptions comparing events (the same way). In agentive frames, it may indicate salient characteristics of an intentional Theme that affect the action (presumptuously, coldly, deliberately, eagerly, carefully).

I carefully turned left onto Narragansett and worked my way through the debris.

An event involving the Theme that results in the Theme moving in the specified way.


Participants drove a vehicle model that rolled on flat ground and turned right or left by steering front wheels as in a typical car.

Any description of a trajectory of motion which is neither a Source nor a Goal (see below) expresses the frame element Path, excluding directional expressions.

They turned right through another gate into a courtyard opening.

The configuration formed by the Path that the Theme traverses during the change of direction.

The tank rumbled, backed quickly, turned left and right in a sine curve.

The Place is the setting where the change of direction during the Theme's motion occurs.

Turn right at the stop light and follow Park Avenue.

Any expression which implies a definite starting-point of motion expresses the frame element Source.

One of those ugly landcuisers cut left from the opposite lane|Src in moving traffic.

The Speed is the rate at which the Theme changes direction.

Suddenly, the jeep quickly turned left down a side road.

The time at which the change of direction takes place.


Then I turned left onto 220th Street.

The state of the world (at a particular time and place) which is specifically independent of the change of direction event itself and any of its participants, and is merely peripherally related to the event as a whole.

An event that occurs or state of affairs that holds at the time the change of direction occurs and which the change of direction is taken to be a part of.

Anyway, on my first trip to Wakefield|con, I turned right off Falls of Neuse Road, which is generally where the middle-class and upper middle-class houses and apartments are going.

This is the second moving object, expressed as a direct object or an oblique:


I turned right after them|Thm_c, closed in on the rear plane but then discovered another plane from the formation nearing me from the right side.

A phrase describing the state of the Theme during the act of changing direction.


The big forward picked up speed entering Edmonton's end, cut to the right with Charlie Huddy draped over him and left a pass for Lemieux as Stevens battled Kevin Lowe into a screen in front of Fuhr.

A factor which explains the change of direction of the Theme.



We've turned north because we've struck desert heading south.

The number of times that a change of direction occurs.

They turned right three times and approached the sea lions from behind.

The device or bodypart that serves to move the Theme.

Go back to where you turned left in your car to reach the trailhead.

An unexpected event that affects the Theme, which is enabled by, and occurs after, the change of direction.

I have a tendency to shoot straight forward after the initial drop and then cut
to the left only to meet a knee-high rush of white water.

The state-of-affairs that the Theme wishes to bring about.


That car was attempting to back in, and had to cut to the left in order to back up the vehicle|pur.

A larger conceptualization that includes the change of direction as an integral part. The change of direction expressed by the target typically corresponds to a Means action in this larger conceptualization.

The pilot of N3602D turned left in an attempt to avoid a collision.

The situation that results from the change of direction