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Intentionally_affect [agentive]
An Agent causes a Patient to be affected, sometimes by a particular Means or by use of an Instrument.
A professional dishwasher doesn't do dishes|Pat with a rag|Ins anymore!
A professional dishwasher doesn't do dishes|Pat with a rag|Ins anymore!
Properties
- ID
- #230
- Entry
- frm_intentionally_affect
- Namespace
- Eventive.Agentive
- FrameNet version
- Intentionally_affect (fn_1.7_2023)
- Domains
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- Types
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- Ontological type
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- English name
- Intentionally_affect
Core Frame Elements (2)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agent |
The conscious entity, generally a person, that performs the intentional act that affects the Patient.
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category
sentient
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| Patient |
Patient is the entity acted on and that may, but need not, undergo a change.
A professional dishwasher does dishes one at a time. |
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Core Unexpressed Frame Elements (1)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Event |
This FE identifies the act that the Agent performs intentionally.
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category
state_of_affairs
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FE Core Set(s) and Excludes
CoreSet
Event
Patient
Peripheral Frame Elements (5)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Agent that also affect the action (presumptuously, coldly, deliberately, eagerly, carefully).
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category
manner
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— |
| Means |
An intentional action performed by the Agent that accomplishes the action indicated by the target.
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category
state_of_affairs
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— |
| Place |
This FE identifies the place where the Agent performs the intentional act.
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category
locative_relation
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| Purpose |
This FE identifies the purpose for which an Agent intentionally affects a Patient.
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category
state_of_affairs
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| Time |
This FE identifies the time when the Agent intentionally affects the Patient.
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category
time
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Extra-thematic Frame Elements (4)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Degree |
The extent to which the Patient is affected by the Event.
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category
degree
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| Event_description |
This FE describes the event.
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| Explanation |
A state of affairs that the Agent is responding to in performing the action.
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category
state_of_affairs
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| Instrument |
An entity directed by the Agent that interacts with an Patient to accomplish the action indicated by the target.
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category
physical_entity
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Frame-Frame Relations (52)
Inheritance
Using
Lexical Units (3)
| LU | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| do something.v | — | FN: affect (an entity) by some unspecified action. |
| do what.v | — | FN: affect (some entity) via an action that is in question. |
| do.v | — | COD: work on (something) to bring it to completion or to a required state |
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