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Breathing [agentive]
An Agent causes Air to move in a direction, usually specifying either in or out of the body.
Lee breathed the hot desert air.
Lee breathed the hot desert air.
Properties
- ID
- #272
- Entry
- frm_breathing
- Namespace
- Eventive.Agentive
- FrameNet version
- Breathing (fn_1.7_2023)
- Domains
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- Types
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- Ontological type
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- English name
- Breathing
Core Frame Elements (2)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agent |
The Agent's breathing causes the motion of the Air. Agent is generally the External Argument.
Lee breathed the hot desert air. |
category
sentient
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| Air |
Air is the substance that the Agent causes to move.
Lee breathed the hot desert air. |
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Peripheral Frame Elements (12)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Degree |
This FE identifies the degree to which an Agent is breathing.
Lee was breathing too hard. |
category
degree
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| Distance |
The distance that the Air travels.
He exhaled the poison gas from the tooth a full three feet. |
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| Duration |
This FE idenitfies the Duration of time that an Agent breathes.
Lee breathed deeply for thirty seconds. |
category
duration
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| Goal |
This FE identifies the point at which the Air ends up as a result of the motion. Lee breathed into Ann's mouth.
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category
goal
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| Instrument |
An entity that allows the Agent to breathe, either a natural part (the lungs, say) or a device (like a respirator).
He has to breathe with an oxygen mask|Ins. |
category
physical_entity
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| Manner |
This FE identifies the Manner in which an Agent breathes.
Lee breathed deeply.|Manr |
category
manner
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| Means |
This FE identifies the Means of breathing.
Lee breathes with a respirator. |
category
state_of_affairs
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| Path |
This FE identifies the Path of the motion through locations after leaving the Source and before reaching the Goal. Lee breathed through his mouth.
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| Place |
This FE identifies the Place where the breathing occurs.
Lee breathed with difficulty on the track. |
category
locative_relation
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| Purpose |
An action that the Agent intends to accomplish by breathing in the specified manner.
Blanche respired steadily to allow the tension to subside|pur. |
category
state_of_affairs
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| Source |
Source identifies the starting point of the Air.
Lee exhaled from the bottom of his lungs. |
category
source
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| Time |
The time at which breathing occurs.
All I know is that he was still breathing at 2AM. |
category
time
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Extra-thematic Frame Elements (4)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Circumstances |
Circumstances are expressions indicating prevailing physical conditions or states of affairs concurrent to the breathing event.
They respire at lower levels of light, temperature, and tissue moisture than bryophytes|cir. |
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| Depictive |
Depictive identifies a phrase describing a participant in a breathing event.
Lee was breathing calmly, naked on the floor|Depict. |
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| External_cause |
This FE denotes an event or state external to the Agent that causes them exhibit the specified manner of breathing but not as a conscious response to the External_cause.
Isabel gasped at the strength of his grip. |
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| Internal_cause |
This FE designates internal events/states that cause the Agent to exhibit the specified type of breathing. Further, the internal state of the Agent is perceivable to others because of the breathing event.
He gasped in horror|int . |
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Frame-Frame Relations (1)
Using
Lexical Units (20)
| LU | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| blow.v | — | COD: expel air through pursed lips. |
| breath.n | — | COD: an inhalation or exhalation of air from the lungs. |
| breathe.v | — | COD: take air into the lungs and then expel it as a regular physiological process. |
| exhalation.n | — | FN: air expelled by breathing out. |
| exhalation.n | — | FN: the act of breathing out. |
| exhale.v | — | COD: breathe out. |
| expire.v | — | COD: exhale (air) from the lung. |
| gasp.v | — | COD: catch one's breath with an open mouth, owing to pain or astonishment. strain to obtain (air) by gasping. |
| huff.v | — | COD: blow out noisily. |
| inhalation.n | — | FN: the act of breathing in. |
| inhalation.n | — | FN: air which is taken in. |
| inhale.v | — | COD: breathe in. |
| inspire.v | — | FN: inhale |
| insufflate.v | — | COD: blow or breathe (vapour, a powdered medicine, etc.) into or through a body cavity. |
| pant.v | — | COD: breathe with short, quick breaths, typically from exertion or excitement. |
| puff.v | — | COD: breathe in repeated short gasps |
| respire.v | — | COD: breathe |
| sigh.n | — | COD: a long, deep, audible exhalation expressing sadness, tiredness, relief, etc. |
| sigh.v | — | COD: emit a sigh |
| suspire.v | — | COD: breathe |
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