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Buildings [entity]
This frame contains words which name permanent fixed structures forming an enclosure and providing protection from the elements.
The baroque church, built in 1635, has a very rich interior
The city tour includes the 16th-century|toc monastery of the Transfiguration and Church of Elijah the Prophet
An ancient stone|Mat church stands amid the fields
Jack built his house in the style of the day.
The baroque church, built in 1635, has a very rich interior
The city tour includes the 16th-century|toc monastery of the Transfiguration and Church of Elijah the Prophet
An ancient stone|Mat church stands amid the fields
Jack built his house in the style of the day.
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- #173
- Entry
- frm_buildings
- Namespace
- Entity
- FrameNet version
- Buildings (fn_1.7_2023)
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- English name
- Buildings
Core Frame Elements (1)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
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| Building |
The entity built by the Builder which has some Function.
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category
artifact
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Peripheral Frame Elements (4)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
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| Function |
The use for which the Building is intended.
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| Place |
The building's location.
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| Relative_location |
A place that a Building is located with respect to.
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| Type |
An indication of the subtype of Building, including architectural style.
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Extra-thematic Frame Elements (6)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
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| Creator |
The Individual that created the Building.
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| Descriptor |
A characterization of some property of the Building.
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| Material |
Any indication of what makes up the Building, including components, ingredients, etc
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| Name |
The Name used to refer to the Building.
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| Possessor |
The person or other legal entity that owns or has possession of the Building.
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| Time_of_creation |
The time at which the Building comes into existence.
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Frame-Frame Relations (3)
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Lexical Units (104)
| LU | Type | Definition |
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| acropolis.n | — | COD: a citadel or fortified part of an ancient Greek city, built on high ground. |
| airport.n | — | FN: the building that houses terminals; the place to go for airplane travel |
| arena.n | — | COD: a level area surrounded by seating, in which public events and entertainments are held. |
| auditorium.n | — | COD: a large hall used for public gatherings. |
| bar.n | — | COD: an establishment where alcohol and other refreshments are served. |
| barn.n | — | COD: a large farm building used for storage or for housing livestock. |
| barracks.n | — | COD: a large building or group of buildings used to house soldiers. |
| basilica.n | — | COD: a large oblong hall or building with double colonnades and a semicircular apse, used in ancient Rome as a law court or for public assemblies, or a similar building used as a Christian church. |
| blockhouse.n | — | COD: a reinforced concrete shelter used as an observation point. |
| building.n | — | COD: a structure with a roof and walls |
| bungalow.n | — | COD: a house with only one main storey. |
| bunker.n | — | COD: a large container or compartment for storing fuel, or a reinforced underground shelter for use in wartime. |
| cabin.n | — | COD: a small wooden shelter or house. |
| campanile.n | — | COD: a bell tower, especially a free-standing one. |
| caravan.n | — | COD: a vehicle equipped for living in, usually designed to be towed. |
| caravanserai.n | — | COD: inn with a central courtyard for travellers in the desert regions of Asia or North Africa |
| castle.n | — | COD: a large building, typically of the medieval period, which is (or was formerly) fortified as a stronghold. |
| chalet.n | — | COD: a wooden house with overhanging eaves, typically found in the Swiss Alps, or a small wooden cabin used by holidaymakers, typically one in a holiday camp. |
| chateau.n | — | COD: a large French country house or castle. |
| church.n | — | COD: a building used for public Christian worship. |
| citadel.n | — | COD: a fortress protecting or dominating a city. |
| city hall.n | — | FN: the building or buildings where the administrative offices of a municipal government are located. |
| condominium.n | — | COD: a building or complex containing a number of individually owned flats or houses. |
| conservatory.n | — | COD: a room with a glass roof and walls, attached to a house and used as a sun lounge or for growing delicate plants. |
| cottage.n | — | COD: a small simple house, typically one in the country. |
| dacha.n | — | COD: a country house or cottage in Russia, typically used as a second or holiday home. |
| disco.n | — | FN: a dance club at which music, generally of the style named "disco", is played. |
| discotheque.n | — | FN: a nightclub featuring dancing to live or recorded music. |
| dormitory.n | — | COD: a bedroom for a number of people in a school or institution. |
| dwelling.n | — | COD: a house or other place of residence. |
| farmhouse.n | — | COD: a house attached to a farm, especially the main house in which the farmer lives. |
| fort.n | — | COD: a fortified building |
| fortification.n | — | FN: building or structure for strengthening, securing, and fortifying a location. |
| fortress.n | — | COD: a military stronghold, especially a strongly fortified town fit for a large garrison. |
| garage.n | — | COD: a building for housing a motor vehicle or vehicles. |
| gazebo.n | — | COD: a small building, especially one in the garden of a house, that gives a wide view of the surrounding area. |
| greenhouse.n | — | COD: a glass building in which plants that need protection from cold weather are grown . |
| hacienda.n | — | COD: a large estate with a house. |
| hall.n | — | COD: a large room for meetings, concerts, etc., or a university building in which students live, a large country house, or the building of a guild. |
| hangar.n | — | COD: a large building with extensive floor area, typically for housing aircraft. |
| high-rise.n | — | FN: a tall, many-storied building. |
| hippodrome.n | — | COD: a theatre or concert hall. |
| home.n | — | COD: a house or flat. |
| homestead.n | — | COD: a house, especially a farmhouse, and outbuildings. |
| hospital.n | — | FN: a building which houses an institution providing medical, surgical, and nursing care for sick or injured patients. |
| hostel.n | — | COD: an establishment which provides cheap food and lodging for a specific group of people. |
| hotel.n | — | COD: an establishment providing accommodation and meals for travellers and tourists. |
| house.n | — | COD: a building for human habitation |
| houseboat.n | — | COD: a boat which is fitted for use as a dwelling. |
| housing.n | — | COD: houses and flats considered collectively |
| hovel.n | — | COD: a small squalid or poorly constructed dwelling. |
| igloo.n | — | COD: a dome-shaped Eskimo house, typically built from blocks of solid snow. |
| inn.n | — | COD: a public house, traditionally an establishment also providing food and lodging. |
| kennel.n | — | COD: a small shelter for a dog. |
| kiosk.n | — | COD: a small open-fronted hut or cubicle from which newspapers, refreshments, tickets, etc. are sold. |
| library.n | — | COD: a building or room containing a collection of books and periodicals for use by the public or the members of an institution. |
| lighthouse.n | — | COD: a tower or other structure containing a beacon light to warn ships at sea. |
| lodge.n | — | COD: a small house at the gates of a park or in the grounds of a large house, occupied by a gatekeeper or other employee, or a small country house occupied in season for sports such as hunting and shooting, or a large house or hotel, or a porter's quarters at the main entrance of a college or other large building. |
| maisonette.n | — | COD: a set of rooms for living in, typically on two storeys of a larger building and having a separate entrance. |
| mall.n | — | COD: a large enclosed shopping area from which traffic is excluded. |
| manor.n | — | COD: a large country house with lands. |
| manse.n | — | COD: the house occupied by a minister of a Scottish Presbyterian Church. |
| mansion.n | — | COD: a large, impressive house. |
| monastery.n | — | FN: a building housing a order of monks. |
| mosque.n | — | COD: a Muslim place of worship. |
| motel.n | — | COD: a roadside hotel designed primarily for motorists, typically having the rooms arranged in low blocks with parking directly outside. |
| outbuilding.n | — | COD: a smaller detached building in the grounds of a main building. |
| outhouse.n | — | COD: a smaller building built on to or in the grounds of a house, or an outside toilet. |
| pagoda.n | — | COD: a Hindu or Buddhist temple or sacred building, typically having a many-tiered tower. |
| palace.n | — | COD: a large, impressive building forming the official residence of a sovereign, president, archbishop, etc. |
| palazzo.n | — | COD: a palatial building, especially in Italy. |
| pavilion.n | — | COD: a building at a cricket ground or other sports ground used for changing and taking refreshments, a summer house or other decorative shelter in a park or large garden, or a detached or semi-detached block at a hospital or other building complex. |
| pension.n | — | COD: a small hotel or boarding house in France and other European countries. |
| penthouse.n | — | COD: a flat on the top floor of a tall building, typically luxuriously fitted and offering fine views. |
| pub.n | — | FN: a place that serves drinks and usually food |
| pueblo.n | — | FN: buildings in a town or village in Spain, Latin America, or the south-western US, especially an American Indian settlement |
| pyramid.n | — | COD: a monumental stone structure with a square or triangular base and sloping sides that meet in a point at the top, especially one built as a royal tomb in ancient Egypt. |
| quarters.n | — | FN: lodgings, especially for members of the military or their families. |
| residence.n | — | FN: a building which serves as a person's home. |
| rotunda.n | — | COD: a round building or room, especially one with a dome. |
| shack.n | — | COD: a roughly built hut or cabin. |
| shanty.n | — | COD: a small, crudely built shack. |
| shebang.n | — | COD: a rough hut or shelter. |
| shed.n | — | COD: a simple roofed structure, typically of wood and used for storage or to shelter animals, or a larger structure, typically with one or more sides open, for storing vehicles or machinery, or an open-sided building for shearing sheep or milking cattle. |
| shelter.n | — | FN: a structure giving protection from danger or the elements. |
| skyscraper.n | — | COD: a very tall building of many storeys. |
| stable.n | — | COD: a building for housing horses. |
| stadium.n | — | COD: an athletic or sports ground with tiers of seats for spectators. |
| structure.n | — | FN: a building |
| supermarket.n | — | COD: a large self-service shop selling foods and household goods. |
| synagogue.n | — | COD: a building where a Jewish assembly or congregation meets for religious observance and instruction. |
| tabernacle.n | — | COD: a fixed or movable habitation, typically of light construction. |
| tavern.n | — | COD: an inn or public house. |
| temple.n | — | FN: a building devoted to religious worship. |
| tenement.n | — | COD: a separate residence within a house or block of flats. |
| tent.n | — | COD: a portable shelter made of cloth, supported by one or more poles and stretched tight by cords attached to pegs driven into the ground. |
| tepee.n | — | COD: a conical tent made of skins or cloth on a frame of poles, used by American Indians of the Plains and Great Lakes regions. |
| terminal.n | — | COD: a departure and arrival building for passengers at an airport. |
| theater.n | — | COD: a building in which plays and other dramatic performances are given. |
| tower.n | — | COD: a tall, narrow building, either free-standing or forming part of a building such as a church or castle. |
| triplex.n | — | COD: a building divided into three self-contained residences. |
| villa.n | — | COD: a detached or semi-detached house in a residential district, or a large country house, having an estate and consisting of buildings arranged around a courtyard. |
| warehouse.n | — | COD: a large building where raw materials or manufactured goods may be stored. |
| wigwam.n | — | COD: a dome-shaped or conical dwelling made by fastening mats, skins, or bark over a framework of poles. |
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