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Getting_triggered [change]

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A System interacts with the environment (which may include a volitional agent) and goes into operation in accordance with its intended purpose.

The alarm went off as she walked through the entrance|tim.

The bomb must have triggered accidentally.

Properties

ID
#2640
Entry
frm_getting_triggered
Namespace
Eventive.Change
FrameNet version
Getting_triggered (fn_1.7_2023)
Domains
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Ontological type
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English name
Getting_triggered

Core Frame Elements (1)

Core Frame Elements
Frame element Definition Semantic type Constraint
System
The System interacts with the environment and activates.

The device|sys triggered as she walked through the arch.
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Peripheral Frame Elements (4)

Peripheral Frame Elements
Frame element Definition Semantic type Constraint
Frequency
The number of times the triggerent event occurs in a particular time period.

Around here bombs go off several times a day|fre.
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Manner
Any holistic description of the event, including overall depictions (the same way) and descriptions pertaining to the System (quietly).
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Place
Where the System goes off.

Police came running downstairs when the metal detector went off at the county courthouse|pla.
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Time
The time when the System triggers.

The alarm went off at three o'clock today|tim.
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Frame-Frame Relations (1)

Causative

Causative relations
Has as causative
Triggering
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Lexical Units (2)

Lexical units of this frame
LU Type Definition
go off.v โ€” FN: trigger.
trigger.v โ€” FN: become active after interacting with the environment.
Frame Chain TQR Visual Units

None.

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