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An Assailant physically attacks a Victim (which is usually but not always sentient), causing or intending to cause the Victim physical damage. The attack is a response to an earlier attack by the Victim on the current Assailant (or by actors associated with the Assailant or Victim).

A Weapon used by the Assailant may also be mentioned, in addition to the usual Place, Time, Purpose, Explanation, etc. Sometimes a location is used metonymically to stand for the Assailant or the Victim, and in such cases the Place FE will be annotated on a second FE layer.

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ID: #2677
Entry: frm_counterattack
Namespace: Eventive.Agentive
FrameNet version: Counterattack (fn_1.7_2023)
Domains: —
Types: —
Ontological type: —
English name: Counterattack

Core Frame Elements
Frame element	Definition	Semantic type	Constraint
Assailant	The person (or other self-directed entity) that is responding to a prior attack by attempting physical harm to the Victim. The mysterious fighter counterattacked the guardsmen with a sabre.	sentient	—
Victim	This FE is the being or entity that is injured by the Assailant's attack. US troopscounterattacked the French the next day.	sentient	—

Peripheral Frame Elements
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 Assailant that also affect the action (presumptuously, coldly, deliberately, eagerly, carefully).	manner	—
Means	An intentional action performed by the Assailant that accomplishes the assault. Japanese counterattacked by invading coastal fortifications.	state_of_affairs	—
Path	The Path refers to (a part of) the ground over which the Assailant travels.	—	—
Place	This FE identifies the place where the Assailant makes an assault on the Victim. Then they staged a counterattackon our left flank.	locative_relation	—
Purpose	This FE identifies the purpose for which an Assailant attacks the Victim. Hostile troops probably launched a counteroffensive to try to intimidate us.	state_of_affairs	—
Source	The starting-point of the motion of the Assailant or projectiles of the Assailant as they move toward the the Place that the Victim is occupying in the attack. In prepositional phrases, the prepositional object expresses the starting point of motion. With particles, the starting point of motion is understood from context. We'll counterattack from our current position\|Src.	source	—
Time	This FE identifies the time when the Assailant attacks the Victim. The previous day's counterattack on French troops was deemed a success.	time	—
Weapon	An entity used by the Assailant to cause damage to the Victim. The mysterious fighter counterattacked with a sabre.	physical_entity	—

Extra-thematic Frame Elements
Frame element	Definition	Semantic type	Constraint
Circumstances	Circumstances describe the state of the world (at a particular time and place) which is specifically independent of the event itself and any of its participants.	—	—
Containing_event	This FE denotes an event that occurs or state of affairs that holds at a time that includes the time during which the event or state of affairs reported by the target occurs and of which it is taken to be a part.	—	—
Depictive	This FE is used for any Depictive phrase describeing the state of the Assailant or Victim while the Attack occurs. They counterattacked us in large numbers.	—	—
Event_description	In general, this FE is used for phrases that describe the clause of the target as a whole. There are two somewhat distinct subgroups of sentence modifiers that cover this function.	—	—
Explanation	A state of affairs that the Assailant is responding to that leads them to make an assault on the Victim. We counterattack because if we don't, we'll be an easier target next time.	state_of_affairs	—
Iterations	The frame element Iterations is used for expressions that indicate the number of times an event or state (of the kind denoted by the target in its clause) has taken place or held. Examples include once, twice, Cardinal expression + times, a lot.	—	—
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.	—	—
Re-encoding	This FE presents the current frame as an integral part of a larger conceptualization expressed by another frame. The frame expressed by the target typically corresponds to a Means action within the frame expressed by the Re-encoding, but not necessarily.	—	—
Result	The Result of the attack on the Victim by the Assailant.	—	—

Inheritance

Inheritance relations
Inherits from Attack FE-FE

Using

Using relations
Uses Response FE-FE

Lexical units of this frame
LU	Type	Definition
counter-attack.n	—	FN: an attack in response to a prior attack.
counter-attack.v	—	FN: to attack another in response to their attack.
counter-offensive.n	—	FN: a large-scale assault in response to offensive moves made by an opponent.

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Counterattack [agentive]

Properties

Core Frame Elements (2)

Peripheral Frame Elements (8)

Extra-thematic Frame Elements (9)

Frame-Frame Relations (2)

Inheritance

Using

Lexical Units (3)