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Cause_change_of_strength [agentive]
An Agent causes a Patient to be more strong, often resulting in something that is more secure and safe.
Local Serbs are strengthening their grip on a narrow corridor along the Sava River between two large Serbian areas.
Local Serbs are strengthening their grip on a narrow corridor along the Sava River between two large Serbian areas.
Properties
- ID
- #1781
- Entry
- frm_cause_change_of_strength
- Namespace
- Eventive.Agentive
- FrameNet version
- Cause_change_of_strength (fn_1.7_2023)
- Domains
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- Types
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- Ontological type
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- English name
- Cause_change_of_strength
Core Frame Elements (2)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
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| Agent |
The Agent fortifies the Patient.
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category
sentient
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| Patient |
The Patient is the entity that is being made stronger.
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Core Unexpressed Frame Elements (1)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cause |
An event which causes the Patient to become stronger.
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Peripheral Frame Elements (4)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manner |
Any description of the intentional act which is not covered by more specific FEs, including secondary effects (quietly, loudly), and general descriptions comparing events (the same way). In addition, it may indicate salient characteristics of an Agent that also affect the action (presumptuously, coldly, deliberately, eagerly, carefully).
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category
manner
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| Means |
An act performed by an Agent that enables them to act upon the Patient.
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category
state_of_affairs
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| Place |
The location at which the Agent fortifies the Patient.
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category
locative_relation
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| Time |
The time at which the Agent makes the Patient stronger.
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time
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Extra-thematic Frame Elements (6)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Circumstances |
The Circumstances of the world at the time of the event (which do not bear directly on the event itself).
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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
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| Degree |
This frame element selects some gradable attribute and modifies the expected value for it.
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| Depictive |
Depictive phrase describing the actor of an action
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| Frequency |
This frame element is defined as the number of times an event occurs per some unit of time.
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| Result |
The resultant state of the action.
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Frame-Frame Relations (3)
Inheritance
Using
Lexical Units (5)
| LU | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| beef up.v | — | FN: to strengthen something |
| fortify.v | — | FN: make stronger, more able to resist or exert force. |
| reinforce.v | — | COD: give added strength to. |
| strengthen.v | — | FN: make stronger. |
| weaken.v | — | FN: make weak. |
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