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Self_control [agentive]
An Agent actively (yet not always with success) attempts to keep themselves from participating in an Event. The Agent is usually pushed to the Event because of an internal urge.
He couldn't help but peek.
He couldn't help but peek.
Properties
- ID
- #2651
- Entry
- frm_self_control
- Namespace
- Eventive.Agentive
- FrameNet version
- Self_control (fn_1.7_2023)
- Domains
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- Types
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- Ontological type
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- English name
- Self_control
Core Frame Elements (2)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agent |
The Agent who tries to keep an Event from taking place.
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category
human
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— |
| Event |
The Event is the action or state of affairs that the Agent wishes to prevent.
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— | — |
Peripheral Frame Elements (3)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Degree |
This frame element selects some gradable attribute and modifies the expected value for it.
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— | — |
| Place |
The Place is where the Agent attempts to prevent the Event from taking place.
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— | — |
| Time |
The Time is when the Agent prevents the Event from taking place.
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category
time
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— |
Frame-Frame Relations (1)
Inheritance
Lexical Units (12)
| LU | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| help.v | — | FN: exert an ability to control onself from performing an action or becoming involved in a state of affairs. (In questions or with negative word, especially can't.) |
| hold back.v | — | FN: to refrain from doing something |
| refrain.v | — | FN: to abstain from an impulse to say or do something (often followed by from) |
| repress.v | — | FN: to suppress or keep in check (desires, feelings, actions, etc.) |
| repression.n | — | FN: the act of repressing (desires, feelings, actions, etc.) |
| resist.v | — | FN: to refrain or abstain from (esp. with difficulty or reluctance) |
| resistance.n | — | FN: the act or power of resisting |
| resistant.a | — | FN: resisting |
| restrain.v | — | FN: to hold back from action; keep in check |
| restraint.n | — | FN: the act of restraining or holding back |
| suppress.v | — | FN: to keep in or repress (a feeling, action, behavior, etc.) |
| suppression.n | — | FN: the act of suppressing (a feeling, action, behavior, etc.) |
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