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Text_creation [agentive]
An Author creates a Text, either written, such as a letter, or spoken, such as a speech, that contains meaningful linguistic tokens, and may have a particular Addressee in mind. The Text may include information about its topic, although the latter is not an FE in this frame.
I penned a letter concerning racism to Congress.
The brothers said not two words to each other.
Jot any notes you need below the line in red pen only.
I penned a letter concerning racism to Congress.
The brothers said not two words to each other.
Jot any notes you need below the line in red pen only.
Properties
- ID
- #278
- Entry
- frm_text_creation
- Namespace
- Eventive.Agentive
- FrameNet version
- Text_creation (fn_1.7_2023)
- Domains
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- Types
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- Ontological type
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- English name
- Text_creation
Core Frame Elements (2)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author |
The Author produces a particular Text.
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category
sentient
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— |
| Text |
The entity which results from the act of writing or speaking.
Michael wrote a frame description. Cybil wanted to speak those three words. |
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Peripheral Frame Elements (7)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Instrument |
The instrument with which an intentional act is performed.
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category
physical_entity
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— |
| Manner |
Manner of performing an action. This frame includes some peculiar examples of manner phrases.
Write it in pen. Write it in ink. |
category
manner
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— |
| Means |
This FE identifies the Means by which a Text is created.
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category
state_of_affairs
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— |
| Medium |
The language in which the Text is represented or the physical materials upon which the Text is recorded.
I wrote the code on the back of the envelope. |
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| Place |
Where the event takes place.
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category
locative_relation
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— |
| Purpose |
The purpose for which an intentional act is performed.
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category
state_of_affairs
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— |
| Time |
This FE identifies the Time at which the text is created.
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category
time
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— |
Extra-thematic Frame Elements (6)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Addressee |
This is the person to whom the Message is communicated. When this FE is expressed, it often appears in a prepositional phrase introduced by to, or as the direct object, or as the first object in a double object construction.
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category
sentient
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— |
| Beneficiary |
Beneficiary identifies the person in whose honor or for whose benefit the Text is created.
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| Components |
The Components are the parts that the Author uses to construct the Text. Caitlin wrote the book from memoirs she collected.
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| Depictive |
Depictive phrase describing the actor of an action
I wrote everything in that decade on drugs|Depict. |
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| Explanation |
The Explanation for creating the text.
I wrote the article because I would have lost my teaching post otherwise|exp. |
category
state_of_affairs
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| Form |
This FE describes the form in which the text is presented.
Yeats wrote out his poems in prose. |
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Frame-Frame Relations (5)
Inheritance
Using
Lexical Units (26)
| LU | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| author.v | — | COD: be the author or the originator of. |
| chronicle.v | — | COD: record (a series of events) in a factual and detailed way. |
| compose.v | — | COD: write or create (a work of art, especially music or poetry). |
| dash off.v | — | FN: to write down quickly . |
| draft.v | — | COD: prepare a preliminary version of (a text). |
| get down.v | — | FN: write down |
| jot down.v | — | FN: write quickly on paper or other receptive medium. |
| jot.v | — | COD: write quickly. |
| list.v | — | FN: to communicate an enumeration of enities or events, either written or spoken |
| pen.v | — | COD: write or compose |
| print out.v | — | COD: produce a paper copy of (information stored on a computer). |
| print up.v | — | COD: produce (books, newspapers, etc.) by a mechanical process involving the transfer of text or designs to paper. |
| print.v | — | COD: write clearly without joining the letters. |
| say.v | — | FN: recite or create a speech, formula, or other meaningful text |
| sign.v | — | COD: write one's name on (something) for the purposes of identification or authorization. |
| speak.v | — | FN: say (a verbal formula). |
| type in.v | — | FN: input by typing. |
| type out.v | — | FN: type completely, expressing all parts of a message already formed in the mind. |
| type up.v | — | FN: create a message by typing |
| type.v | — | COD: write using a typewriter or computer. |
| utter.v | — | COD: make (a sound) or say (something). |
| write down.v | — | FN: physically write (a mark or symbol) on paper or another receptive medium. |
| write in.v | — | FN: to write (e.g., a letter) to a central letter-receiving location (e.g., as a letter to the editor) |
| write out.v | — | FN: write carefully, generally to avoid omitting necessary parts of a message (or other sequence of symbols) which is already formed in the mind |
| write up.v | — | FN: write a full account of something |
| write.v | — | FN: compose a text in writing |
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