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Summarizing [agentive]
A Communicator processes some information (either from textual or real-world/perceptual sources) regarding a State_of_affairs into a concise form (a summary) that contains the essential content in briefer form, and communicates this summary to an Addressee, or records it in a Medium. The State_of_affairs may be represented directly (e.g., outline what happened, the situation abroad), or as a textual source (summarizing the documents), or metonymically as some focal entity (a synopsis of the candidates).
Frank has already summarized some of the reactions on his weblog|med.
Director Van Auken|com gave a brief informational synopsis of each applicant|sta.
He boiled down the argument for domestic wiretapping in one plainspoken and effective, if also deceptive, line...
You should be able to summarize your findings to a lay audience.
In her materials, she also outlined the situation and major problems facing the company.
Some LUs, such as summarize and synopsis entail a preexisting body of information that has been processed into a briefer form by the Communicator. Others, such as outline and blueprint are compatible with, but do not entail, a preexisting, fully fleshed-out concept. E.g.,
Her book outlines a new proposal for handling grammaticalization, though she doesn't flesh it out entirely.
Frank has already summarized some of the reactions on his weblog|med.
Director Van Auken|com gave a brief informational synopsis of each applicant|sta.
He boiled down the argument for domestic wiretapping in one plainspoken and effective, if also deceptive, line...
You should be able to summarize your findings to a lay audience.
In her materials, she also outlined the situation and major problems facing the company.
Some LUs, such as summarize and synopsis entail a preexisting body of information that has been processed into a briefer form by the Communicator. Others, such as outline and blueprint are compatible with, but do not entail, a preexisting, fully fleshed-out concept. E.g.,
Her book outlines a new proposal for handling grammaticalization, though she doesn't flesh it out entirely.
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- Eventive.Agentive
- FrameNet version
- Summarizing (fn_1.7_2023)
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- Summarizing
Core Frame Elements (3)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
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| Communicator |
The Communicator creates and communicates the summary of the Information.
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| Medium |
The textual or other Medium through which the Communicator summarizes.
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| State_of_affairs |
The State_of_affairs is summarized by the Communicator.
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FE Core Set(s) and Excludes
CoreSet
Communicator
Medium
Peripheral Frame Elements (8)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
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| Addressee |
The Communicator communicates the summary to the Addressee.
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sentient
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| Duration |
The amount of time taken by the Communicator in creating and conveying the Summary.
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| Manner |
Any description of the details of the action beyond the identity of the participants and the setting, especially descriptions of the Communicator that affect the action.
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| Means |
An action performed by the Communicator that brings about the communication.
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| Place |
The location where the Communicator communicates.
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| Purpose |
The state-of-affairs that the Communicator is attempting to bring about by communicating.
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| Summary |
The content that results from the summarization.
She summarized our involvement as a "qualified success"|sum. Aston boiledthe situation down to one word: FUBAR|sum. |
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| Time |
The time at which the Communicator makes the Summary.
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Extra-thematic Frame Elements (2)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
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| Circumstances |
Circumstances describe the state of the world (at a particular time and place) which is specifically independent of the event itself and any of its participants.
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| Containing_event |
This FE denotes an event that occurs or state of affairs that holds at a time that includes the time during which the event or state of affairs reported by the target occurs and of which it is taken to be a part.
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Frame-Frame Relations (1)
Inheritance
Lexical Units (5)
| LU | Type | Definition |
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| boil down.v | — | FN: give a concise summary. |
| outline.v | — | COD: give a summary of. |
| sum up.v | — | FN: to summarize a State_or_affairs (note: this is the transitive usage e.g. "I'll sum up what he said...") |
| summarize.v | — | FN: give a discription of the main point(s) of something. |
| synopsis.n | — | COD: a brief summary of something. |
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