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Giving_birth [agentive]

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A Mother and Father produce a Child or an Egg.
Betty bore Gerry three intelligent daughters.

Properties

ID
#281
Entry
frm_giving_birth
Namespace
Eventive.Agentive
FrameNet version
Giving_birth (fn_1.7_2023)
Domains
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Types
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Ontological type
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English name
Giving_birth

Core Frame Elements (5)

Core Frame Elements
Frame element Definition Semantic type Constraint
Child
Child identifies the new self-motile creature produced from the Mother and Father.
Betty bore Gerry three intelligent daughters.
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Egg
Egg is an immobile object containing an organism that may hatch as a mobile, infant organism.

Female clownfish lay their eggs around sea anemones
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Father
Father is the male creature that copulates with the Mother, thus leading to the birth of the Child.

Betty bore Gerry three intelligent daughters.
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Mother
Mother is the female creature that produces the Child.
Betty bore Gerry three intelligent daughters.
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Parents
The Mother and Father expressed together.
We are going to be having twins!
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FE Core Set(s) and Excludes

CoreSet
Father Mother Parents
Excludes
Child Egg

Peripheral Frame Elements (4)

Peripheral Frame Elements
Frame element Definition Semantic type Constraint
Manner
Any description of the intentional act which is not covered by more specific FEs, including secondary effects (quietly, loudly), and general descriptions comparing events (the same way). In addition, it may indicate salient characteristics of the Parents (or a Father or Mother) that also affect the action (presumptuously, coldly, deliberately, eagerly, carefully).

They eagerly spawned more of their kind until there was no room for more.

category
manner
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Means
This FE identifies the Means by which the event occurs.
category
state_of_affairs
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Place
This FE identifies the Place where the event occurs.
category
locative_relation
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Time
This FE identifies the Time when the event occurs.
category
time
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Extra-thematic Frame Elements (3)

Extra-thematic Frame Elements
Frame element Definition Semantic type Constraint
Circumstances
This FE identifies the Circumstances under which a Mother and Father produce produce a Child.

Star fish can be spawned under the right conditions.
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Depictive
Depictive identifies the phrase describing a participant of an action

Demons are spawned fully formed|Depict.
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Result
This FE identifies the Result of the birth.
John's mother bore him into a wealthy family.
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Frame-Frame Relations (3)

Perspective

Perspective relations
Perspective on
Birth_scenario
FE-FE

Precedes

Precedes relations
Precedes
Death
FE-FE
Precedes
Dying
FE-FE

Lexical Units (21)

Lexical units of this frame
LU Type Definition
bear.v โ€” COD: give birth to (a child).
beget.v โ€” COD: produce (a child).
birth.n โ€” COD: the emergence of a baby or other young from the body of its mother; the start of life as a physically separate being.
birth.v โ€” COD: give birth to
bring forth.v โ€” COD: give birth to something.
calve.v โ€” COD: give birth to a calf.
calving.n โ€” FN: bearing of calves
carry to term.v โ€” FN: be pregnant with and give birth to
drop.v โ€” COD: (of an animal) give birth to. [Vet]
father.v โ€” FN: to beget, ie be the father of.
generate.v โ€” FN: produce offspring.
get.v โ€” FN: produce (offspring)
have.v โ€” COD: give birth to or be due to give birth to.
kid.v โ€” COD: (of a goat) give birth.
lambing.n โ€” FN: bearing of lambs.
lay.v โ€” COD: (of a female bird, reptile, etc.) produce (an egg) from inside the body.
mother.v โ€” FN: give birth
propagate.v โ€” COD: breed by natural processes from the parent stock.
sire.v โ€” COD: be the sire of.
spawn.v โ€” FN: produce young, particularly in large numbers
whelp.v โ€” COD: give birth to (a puppy).
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