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Execution [agentive]
An Executioner punishes an individual (Executed) with death as a consequence of some action of the Evaluee (the Reason).
The hooded man hanged the thief.
The hooded man hanged the thief.
Properties
- ID
- #225
- Entry
- frm_execution
- Namespace
- Eventive.Agentive
- FrameNet version
- Execution (fn_1.7_2023)
- Domains
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- Types
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- Ontological type
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- English name
- Execution
Core Frame Elements (2)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
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| Executed |
The Executed is the person who is killed by the Executioner in retribution for the crime that the Executed was convicted of.
He was to be hanged in the morning. |
category
sentient
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| Executioner |
The Executioner is the individual who performs the execution.
The truth is, we have all put them to death. |
category
sentient
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Peripheral Frame Elements (9)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
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| Degree |
Degree to which event occurs.
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degree
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| Execution |
The punishment of death given to the Executed by the Executioner.
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| Instrument |
This FE identifies the Instrument with which an Executioner performs an execution.
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category
physical_entity
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| Manner |
Any description of the execution event which is not covered by more specific FEs, including secondary effects (quietly, loudly), and general descriptions comparing events (the same way). Moreover, it may indicate salient characteristics of the Executioner that also affect the action (presumptuously, coldly, deliberately, eagerly, carefully).
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category
manner
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| Means |
The action that is taken that accomplishes the execution
Execution by lethal injection|Mns is certainly humane. |
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state_of_affairs
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| Place |
Where the execution takes place.
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locative_relation
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| Purpose |
The purpose for which the execution is carried out.
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category
state_of_affairs
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| Reason |
Often, there is a constituent expressing the Reason for the Judge's judgment which the Executioner is carrying out. It is usually a for-PP.
He was hanged for his crimes|rea. |
category
state_of_affairs
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| Time |
When the execution occurs.
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category
time
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Extra-thematic Frame Elements (3)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
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| Depictive |
This FE identifies any Depictive phrase describing a participant in the action.
He was executed with only a loincloth on|Depict. |
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| Explanation |
Any general situation that brings about the execution situation directly or indirectly. Most commonly expressed with "because".
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| Result |
Result of an event
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Frame-Frame Relations (2)
Inheritance
Lexical Units (11)
| LU | Type | Definition |
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| execute.v | — | COD: carry out a sentence of death on (a condemned person). |
| execution.n | — | FN: event in which a condemned person is killed. |
| executioner.n | — | COD: an official who executes condemned criminals. |
| firing squad.n | — | COD: a group of soldiers detailed to shoot a condemned person. |
| guillotine.v | — | COD: execute by guillotine. |
| guillotining.n | — | FN: the act of beheading somebody with a guillotine. |
| hang.v | — | COD: kill or be killed by tying a rope attached from above around the neck and removing the support from beneath the feet (used as a form of capital punishment). |
| hanging.n | — | FN: the event of hanging a person |
| hangman.n | — | COD: an executioner who hangs condemned people. |
| headsman.n | — | COD: an executioner who beheaded prisoners. |
| put to death.v | — | FN: execute someone |
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