Frame Report

The Assailant is a group of armed forces (or, metonymically, their commander or the organization they represent) that encircles, surrounds, or otherwise cuts off the Beseiged in an attempt to force surrender.

The Victim is the fortification or geopolitical entity that is being attacked.

The length of time that the Victim is under attack from the Assailant

Any description of the event which is not covered by more specific FEs, including epistemic modification (probably, presumably, mysteriously), force (hard, softly), secondary effects (quietly, loudly), and general descriptions comparing events (the same way). It may also indicate salient characteristics of an Assailant that also affect the action (presumptuously, coldly, deliberately, eagerly, carefully).

An intentional action performed by the Assailant that accomplishes the assault.

The Path refers to (a part of) the ground over which the Assailant travels.

This FE identifies the place where the Assailant makes an assault on the Victim.

This FE identifies the purpose for which an Assailant attacks the Victim.

The starting-point of the motion of the Assailant or projectiles of the Assailant as they move toward the the Place that the Victim is occupying in the attack. In prepositional phrases, the prepositional object expresses the starting point of motion. With particles, the starting point of motion is understood from context.

This FE identifies the time when the Assailant attacks the Victim.

An entity used by the Assailant to cause damage to the Victim.