Frame Report

An action taken by a Side or a view that the Side takes on an issue which the Protester either supports or opposes.

Several hundred Tibetans, already worried by inflation, took to the streets to protest at the new measures.

The matter, usually concerning a course of action, which the Protester has an positive or negative opinion about.

Hundreds gathered this afternoon to demonsrate for women's rights.

The individual (or individuals) who holds an opinion on an Issue or Side.

On 8 May a student|pro demonstration was attended by a large number of workers.

The party or individual (generally associated with a particular position on an Issue) that the Protester sides with.

Violent protests against the government|sid are sure to break out.

The Degree to which the Protester supports or opposes something, or expresses views on the Issue.

The length of time of the protest.

The month-long|dur protest is slowly losing momentum.

Any description of the a Protest which is not covered by more specific FEs, including epistemic modification secondary effects (quietly, loudly), and general descriptions comparing events (the same way). It may also indicate salient characteristics of the Protester that affect the action (reluctantly, meekly).

An action taken by the Protester in order to communicate their dissatisfaction with the actions of the other Side of an issue.

The location where the Protester takes Sides on an Issue .

The situation that the Protester hopes to bring about through their protest.

The time period during which the Protesters express their opinions.

This FE signifies that the state of affairs expressed by the main clause (containing the target) occurs or holds, and something other than that state of affairs would be expected given the state of affairs in the concessive clause.

This FE describes the person or element that is protesting.

The Explanation is a proposition denoting a state of affairs from which the Protester's expressing his or her views on the Issue logically follows.

The frequency with which the protest occurs.

Police have grown increasingly frustrated at the nightly|fre demonstrations.

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.