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Building [agentive]
This frame describes assembly or construction actions, where an Agent joins Components together to form a Created_entity, which is profiled, and hence the object of the verb.
Jack built a new house|CrEnt out of bricks|Cmpnt.
We glued the airplanes together.
Jack built a new house|CrEnt out of bricks|Cmpnt.
We glued the airplanes together.
Properties
- ID
- #259
- Entry
- frm_building
- Namespace
- Eventive.Agentive
- FrameNet version
- Building (fn_1.7_2023)
- Domains
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- Types
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- Ontological type
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- English name
- Building
Core Frame Elements (3)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agent |
The Agent builds a Created_entity.
Jack built a new house. |
category
sentient
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— |
| Components |
This FE identifies the Components that form the Created_entity.
Jack built a new house out of old bricks|Cmpnt. |
— | — |
| Created_entity |
Created_entity identifies the entity that is created in the act of building.
Jack built a new house|CrEnt. |
category
artifact
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— |
FE Core Set(s) and Excludes
CoreSet
Components
Created_entity
Peripheral Frame Elements (6)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Instrument |
This FE identifies the Instrument(s) with which an Agent builds a Created_entity.
Jack built a new house with hammer and nails|Ins. |
category
physical_entity
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— |
| Manner |
This FE idenitifies the Manner in which an Agent builds a Created_entity.
Jack built a new house lovingly. |
category
manner
|
— |
| Means |
This FE identifies the Means by which an Agent builds a Created_entity.
Jack built a new house by enlisting the help of his friends. |
category
state_of_affairs
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— |
| Place |
This FE identifies the Place where the building occurs.
Jack built a new house in a glade. |
category
locative_relation
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— |
| Purpose |
This FE identifies the Purpose for which an intentional act is performed.
Jack built a new house to have more living space|Purp. |
category
state_of_affairs
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— |
| Time |
This FE identifies the Time when the building occurs.
Jack built a new house early in the morning. |
category
time
|
— |
Extra-thematic Frame Elements (7)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beneficiary |
This extrathematic FE applies to participants that derive a benefit from the occurrence of the event specified by the target predicate. Further, the target predicate should involve some sort of Agent that intends that the benefit go to the Beneficiary.
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| Depictive |
Depictive identifes the phrase describing the participant in the act of building.
Jack built the new house naked|Depict. |
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| Descriptor |
A characteristic of the Created_entity.
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— | — |
| Duration |
Duration denotes the length of time from the beginning of a continuous situation (the one denoted by the target) to its end. In many cases, the continuous situation is a dynamic action which is ongoing, while in others it is simply an undifferentiated state.
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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. In addition, most expressions of Particular_iteration indicate which instance of the series is being referred to.
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— | — |
| Period_of_iterations |
The length of time from when the event denoted by the target began to be repeated to when it stopped.
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| Result |
This FE identifies the Result of the act of building. We glued the airplanes together.
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— | — |
Frame-Frame Relations (1)
Inheritance
Lexical Units (15)
| LU | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| assemble.v | — | COD: fit together the component parts of |
| assembly.n | — | COD: the action of assembling component parts |
| build.v | — | COD: construct by putting parts or materials together |
| construct.v | — | COD: build or erect |
| construction.n | — | COD: the action or process of constructing. |
| construction.n | — | FN: the physical manifestion of the act of construction |
| erect.v | — | COD: construct (a building, wall, etc.). |
| fashion.v | — | COD: make into a particular form or article. |
| fit together.v | — | COD: join or cause to join together to form a whole. no obj. |
| glue.v | — | FN: onstruct a whole product by means of gluing piece together. |
| make.v | — | FN: form by putting parts together (cf. COD: form by putting parts together or combining substances) |
| piece together.v | — | COD: assemble something from individual parts |
| put together.v | — | FN: attach constituent parts together to form |
| raise.v | — | COD: construct or build (a structure). |
| weld.v | — | COD: cause to combine and form a whole. |
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