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Giving_birth [agentive]
A Mother and Father produce a Child or an Egg.
Betty bore Gerry three intelligent daughters.
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
- โ
- Types
- โ
- Ontological type
- โ
- English name
- Giving_birth
Core Frame Elements (5)
| 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 |
โ | โ |
| 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. |
โ | โ |
| Mother |
Mother is the female creature that produces the Child.
Betty bore Gerry three intelligent daughters. |
โ | โ |
| 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)
| 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.
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category
state_of_affairs
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| Place |
This FE identifies the Place where the event occurs.
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category
locative_relation
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| Time |
This FE identifies the Time when the event occurs.
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time
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Extra-thematic Frame Elements (3)
| 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. |
โ | โ |
| Result |
This FE identifies the Result of the birth.
John's mother bore him into a wealthy family. |
โ | โ |
Frame-Frame Relations (3)
Perspective
Precedes
Lexical Units (21)
| 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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