Frame Report

This frame element expresses a general type or class of which the Item is considered an instance. Typically, it is expressed in a prepositional phrase headed by as or under.

I'd say that this book counts as fiction|Cat.

This frame element expresses properties of the Item which is used as a basis for categorization. Criteria are the general dimensions along which Items can potentially differ from one another and hence, fall into different Categorys. For example, a paint sample can be classified by color or by finish (matte or gloss); if they are classified by color, one can be classified as orange and another as red. The Criteria FE is typically expressed as a PP headed by by, or as a complex PP of the form on the basis of...: If it counts as knowledge in part on the basis of justification from another source|Crit, it must be in part based on that source

This is the entity which is is an instance of a particular Category. Typically, the Item is expressed as the external argument.

To me, finding this is tantamount to finding the fabeled El Dorado.

This is the person who performs an act of categorization. Typically, this frame element is expressed as an oblique.

But to me|Cog, a bad thought constitutes a sin just as well.

The Manner in which an Item (metaphorically) is construed as being in a Category.

An act or state of affairs by which the Item (perhaps metaphorically) is interpreted as being in a Category.

This Frame Element marks expressions that indicate when a certain Categorization holds.

Fold in inflation and what counted as shameful gouging 20 years ago is today called charging what the market will bear.

The Circumstances are the set of conditions in which the categorization holds.
Material posessions count as valuable in a particular society.