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Invading [agentive]

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The Invader enters a Land in an aggressive attempt to cripple or dominate its people and its government.

In August 1990 ,Iraq was invading Kuwait , which led to the Gulf war .

Some towns in Russia were ravaged by barbarian invasions in the thirteenth century.

Properties

ID
#2022
Entry
frm_invading
Namespace
Eventive.Agentive
FrameNet version
Invading (fn_1.7_2023)
Domains
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Types
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Ontological type
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English name
Invading

Core Frame Elements (2)

Core Frame Elements
Frame element Definition Semantic type Constraint
Invader
The army or other self-directed entity that is entering the Land in a hostile manner.

Indeed , three months later Hitler invaded Austria.

category
sentient
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Land
The political area that is being crippled by the Invader's entry.

Henry II had made no attempt to invade France.
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Peripheral Frame Elements (10)

Peripheral Frame Elements
Frame element Definition Semantic type Constraint
Degree
This FE describes how intense the invation of the Land is.
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Duration
For how long the Land is invaded by the Invader.
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Manner
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 Invader that also affect the action (presumptuously, coldly, deliberately, eagerly, carefully).
category
manner
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Means
An intentional action performed by the Invader that accomplishes the assault.

category
state_of_affairs
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Path
The Path refers to (a part of) the ground over which the Invader travels.
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Place
This FE identifies the location where the Invader invades the Land.
category
locative_relation
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Purpose
This FE identifies the purpose for which an Invader attacks the Land.
category
state_of_affairs
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Source
The starting-point of the motion of the Invader or projectiles of the Invader as they move toward the the Place that the Land 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.
category
source
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Time
This FE identifies the time when the Invader invades Land.
category
time
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Weapon
An entity used by the Invader to assist in the invasion of the Land.
category
physical_entity
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Extra-thematic Frame Elements (12)

Extra-thematic Frame Elements
Frame element Definition Semantic type Constraint
Circumstances
Circumstances describe the state of the world (at a particular time and place) which is specifically independent of the event itself and any of its participants.
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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 it is taken to be a part.
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Depictive
This FE is used for any Depictive phrase describing the state of the Invader or Land while the Invasion occurs.

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Event_description
In general, this FE is used for phrases that describe the clause of the target as a whole and describes and describes the event more generally.
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Explanation
A state of affairs that the Invader is responding to that leads them to make an assault on the Land.


category
state_of_affairs
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Frequency
How often the Invader invades the Land.
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Iterations
The frame element Iterations is used for expressions that indicate the number of times an event or state (of the kind denoted by the target in its clause) has taken place or held.
Form: once, twice, Cardinal expression + /it times, /it lots/a lot
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Particular_iteration
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. In addition, most expressions of Particular_iteration indicate which instance of the series is being referred to.
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Period_of_iterations
The length of time from when the event denoted by the target began to be repeated to when it stopped.
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Re-encoding
This FE presents the current frame as an integral part of a larger conceptualization expressed by another frame. The frame expressed by the target typically corresponds to a Means action within the frame expressed by the Re-encoding, but not necessarily.
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Result
The Result of the invasion on the Land by the Invader.
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Type
This FE indicates the subtype of invasion into the Land.
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Frame-Frame Relations (4)

Inheritance

Inheritance relations
Inherits from
Attack
FE-FE

Precedes

Precedes relations
Precedes
Conquering
FE-FE
Precedes
Repel
FE-FE

SubFrame

SubFrame relations
Is subframe of
Invasion_scenario
FE-FE

Lexical Units (4)

Lexical units of this frame
LU Type Definition
invade.v โ€” FN: aggressively enter into a region.
invader.n โ€” FN: a person who aggressively intrudes into a region
invasion.n โ€” FN: the act of invading
overrun.v โ€” FN: invade an area in great numbers
Frame Chain TQR Visual Units

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