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Cause_emotion [agentive]
An Agent acts to cause a Experiencer to feel a certain emotion.
I was so offended by her behaviour towards me.
It does not matter if the cartoon is insulting to men.
I was so offended by her behaviour towards me.
It does not matter if the cartoon is insulting to men.
Properties
- ID
- #2041
- Entry
- frm_cause_emotion
- Namespace
- Eventive.Agentive
- FrameNet version
- Cause_emotion (fn_1.7_2023)
- Domains
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- Types
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- Ontological type
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- English name
- Cause_emotion
Core Frame Elements (3)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
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| Agent |
The Agent is the person who's action's cause an emotion in the Experiencer.
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category
sentient
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| Event |
The Event is the occasion or happening that evokes emotions in the Experiencer. This Event occurs as the direct result of a sentient being's actions.
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| Experiencer |
The Experiencer feels an emotion as caused by the Agent.
You will perhaps be affronted by my frankness |
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FE Core Set(s) and Excludes
CoreSet
Agent
Event
Peripheral Frame Elements (7)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
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| Degree |
This frame element selects some gradable attribute and modifies the expected value for it.
I had mortally offended her. |
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| Instrument |
The tool used by the Agent to cause an emotion in the Experiencer.
We will insult you with our compassion |
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| Manner |
In what way the Agent causes an emotion in the Experiencer.
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| Means |
An act performed by an Agent that enables them to act upon the Experiencer.
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| Medium |
Medium is the physical or abstract setting in which the Agent causes the Experiencer to feel an emotion.
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| Place |
The location where the Agent causes the Experiencer to feel the emotion.
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| Time |
When the Agent causes emotion in the Experiencer.
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Extra-thematic Frame Elements (8)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
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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 describes a participant of the state of affairs introduced by the target as being in some state during the action.
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| Event_description |
This FE describes the event as a whole, often as a VPing.
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| Explanation |
This FE describes the reason for the state of affairs described by the target.
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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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| 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.
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| Period_of_iterations |
For how long instances of an Agent causing the Patient an emotion has repeatedly occured.
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| Type |
Type designates the kind of emotion that the Agent causes the Experiencer to have.
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Frame-Frame Relations (2)
Causative
Inheritance
Lexical Units (9)
| LU | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| affront.n | — | FN: insult |
| affront.v | — | FN: treat rudely |
| call name.v | — | FN: An Agent uses epithets to insult an Experiencer. |
| concern.v | — | FN: cause the feeling of concern |
| insult.n | — | FN: a statement intended to be insulting |
| insult.v | — | FN: To act or speak in such a way as to spark offended feelings in another |
| offend.v | — | FN: to cause the feeling of offense |
| offense.n | — | FN: the feeling or state caused by being offended |
| offensive.a | — | FN: Causing a feeling of offense |
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