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Attending [agentive]

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An Agent goes to an Event and is present in a relatively non-participatory way.

The Angolan guerrillas will attend a September meeting in Zaire.

We just go to the movies when it rains.

His attendance at the funeral did not go unnoticed.

Properties

ID
#2030
Entry
frm_attending
Namespace
Eventive.Agentive
FrameNet version
Attending (fn_1.7_2023)
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Ontological type
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English name
Attending

Core Frame Elements (2)

Core Frame Elements
Frame element Definition Semantic type Constraint
Agent
The Agent is the person who chooses to make himself present at the Event.
category
sentient
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Event
The Event is the deliberate set of happenings given at a particular time and place.
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Peripheral Frame Elements (5)

Peripheral Frame Elements
Frame element Definition Semantic type Constraint
Duration
Duration denotes the length of time from the beginning of a continuous situation (the one denoted by the target) to its end.
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Manner
The way in which the Agent went about going to the Event.
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Means
Through what strategies and efforts the Agent made possible his attendance at the Event.
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Place
The location where the Agent attends the Event.
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Time
When the Agent attends the Event.
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Extra-thematic Frame Elements (5)

Extra-thematic Frame Elements
Frame element Definition Semantic type Constraint
Circumstances
Under what conditions the Agent goes to the Event.
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Event_description
This FE describes the event as a whole.
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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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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.
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Purpose
The reason why the Agent goes to the Event.
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Frame-Frame Relations (1)

Inheritance

Inheritance relations
Inherits from
Intentionally_act
FE-FE

Lexical Units (3)

Lexical units of this frame
LU Type Definition
attend.v โ€” FN: to be present at a given time and place
attendance.n โ€” FN: being present at an event
go.v โ€” FN: be at and attend an event
Frame Chain TQR Visual Units

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