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Violence [agentive]
The words in this frame describe acts (or situations characterized by acts) that cause injury or harm. The acts may involve an Aggressor or Cause injuring a Victim, or Aggressors|ags causing each other harm.
Research on whether concealed carry laws increase gun violence among gang members|ags has been inconclusive.
They|agr committed brutality against innocent civilians|vic.
The storm's violence last week came without warning and caused unprecedented damage to costal regions.
Research on whether concealed carry laws increase gun violence among gang members|ags has been inconclusive.
They|agr committed brutality against innocent civilians|vic.
The storm's violence last week came without warning and caused unprecedented damage to costal regions.
Properties
- ID
- #2685
- Entry
- frm_violence
- Namespace
- Eventive.Agentive
- FrameNet version
- Violence (fn_1.7_2023)
- Domains
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- Types
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- Ontological type
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- English name
- Violence
Core Frame Elements (4)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
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| Aggressor |
The Aggressor is the person causing the Victim's injury.
Your|agr brutality on your enemies|vic seems to know no boundaries. |
category
sentient
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| Aggressors |
The Aggressors commit acts of violence upon each other.
Hope for a peaceful resoliton is gone as violence between the two sides|ags reignites. |
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| Cause |
The Cause marks expressions that indicate some non-intentional, typically non-human, force that inflicts harm on the Victim
The storm's violence left many lives in shambles. |
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| Victim |
The Victim is the being or entity that is injured.
Increasing violence against supporters of government reform|Vic have attracted international attention. |
category
sentient
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Peripheral Frame Elements (6)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
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| Degree |
Degree is the degree to which violence is done.
Our troops are working in conditions of extreme violence. |
category
degree
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| Instrument |
This FE is any object used to cause the injury.
Instances of gun violence will receive top priority from the police. |
category
physical_entity
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| Manner |
The Manner in which the Aggressor acts upon the Victim.
Acts of wanton violence unconditionally deserve condemnation. |
category
manner
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| Means |
An intentional action performed by the Aggressor that results in the committing of a violent act.
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category
state_of_affairs
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| Place |
Place identifies the place where the violence occurs.
City leaders are troubled by recent surges in local violence |
category
locative_relation
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| Time |
Time identifies the time when the harm-causing event occurs.
Last week's violence resulted in over three hundred injuries. |
category
time
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Extra-thematic Frame Elements (6)
| 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 violent event and any of its participants.
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| Containing_event |
This FE identifies the event in which the harm is caused.
Violence in the standoff|con was unfortunate, but not unexpected. |
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| Explanation |
A fact or action related to one of the participants in the volient act that the Aggressor responds to in doing violence.
They are quick to violence for petty reasons. |
category
state_of_affairs
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| Frequency |
How often the violence occurs.
Residents by now are used to the daily|fre violence that plays out on their streets. |
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| Iterations |
Iterations refers to the number of times the violent act occurs.
He committed brutality a dozen times|Iter over the past years. |
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| Purpose |
Purpose identifies the purpose for which a harm-causing action is carried out.
I would only commit violence to protect myself. |
category
state_of_affairs
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Frame-Frame Relations (1)
Using
Lexical Units (3)
| LU | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| brutality.n | — | FN: cruel act of harm. |
| savagery.n | — | FN: an act of cruelty. |
| violence.n | — | FN: an act that causes harm or injury upon another. |
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