Frame Report

The Agent performs the intentional act.

We have not yet acted .

This FE identifies the Act that the Agent performs intentionally.

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).
'Twould be best it were done quietly.

This FE identifies the Means by which an Agent acts intentionally.

This FE identifies the place where the intentional act occurs.

This FE identifies the purpose for which an Agent performs an intentional act.
John flattered her to receive a raise.

This FE identifies the time when the Agent acts intentionally.

This FE describes an additional situation or modification that would seem to hold given the rest of the situation. In some cases, it marks a completely separate conclusion than one would draw from the manner of the event in the main clause. As far as we know, this idea is only explicitly marked in English with "as if".

We have to do our duty as if it matters .

Usually, the Apparent_conclusion contains another FE, either peripheral or extra-thematic, which is non-factive (i.e., it may, but does not necessarily, hold). For these cases, we annotate the other frame-element on the second layer; thus the following should be annotated with Purpose on the second layer.

As if to guarantee failure , they conducted the study without consulting experts .
As if to guarantee failure , they conducted the study without consulting experts .

We do not annotate this FE in cases where we merely infer that a part of the sentence is meant sarcastically, as in the following minimal modification of the above sentence:

To guarantee failure , they conducted the study without consulting experts .

In this case, we simply annotate the Purpose FE.

The Domain within which the Agent acts.

No doubt he has begun to engage in political|dom activity of late

This FE gives a description of the Intentionally_act event.

The Explanation denotes a proposition from which the main clause (headed by the target) logically follows. This often means that the Explanation causes the state of affairs expressed by the target, but not in all cases.

The Frequency with which the Agent does the Act in a given period of time.

Expressions marked with this extra-thematic FE modify a non-iterative use of the target, and indicate that it is conceived as embedded within an iterated series of similar events or states.

The length of time from when the event denoted by the target began to be repeated to when it stopped.

The Result of an act.