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Cause_to_burn [agentive]
A Cause event brings about and potentially maintains the burning of Flammables. Often, an Agent stands in for the intentional action the brings about the fire, or an Actor stands in for the action that brings about the fire unintentionally.
Properties
- ID
- #2826
- Entry
- frm_cause_to_burn
- Namespace
- Eventive.Agentive
- FrameNet version
- Cause_to_burn (fn_1.7_2023)
- Domains
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- Types
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- Ontological type
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- English name
- Cause_to_burn
Core Frame Elements (4)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
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| Actor |
The individual who, while actively performing an action, unintentionally causes the Flammables to burn.
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| Agent |
The individual that intends a fire to burn and brings it about.
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category
sentient
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| Cause |
The cause of the fire.
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| Flammables |
The Flamables is the the object that burns as a result of the Cause, Agent, or Actor.
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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 a Kindler that also affect the action (presumptuously, coldly, deliberately, eagerly, carefully).
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manner
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| Means |
An event brought about by the Cause or the Kindler that actually makes the Flammables catch fire.
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state_of_affairs
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| Place |
This FE identifies the Place where the event takes place.
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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 |
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| Containing_event |
This FE denotes an event that occurs or state of affairs that holds at a time that includes the time during which the event or state of affairs reported by the target occurs and of which it is taken to be a part.
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| Depictive |
This FE describes the Kindler as being in some state during the action.
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| Explanation |
The Explanation denotes a proposition from which the main clause (headed by the target) logically follows.
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Frame-Frame Relations (1)
Using
Lexical Units (3)
| LU | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| burn down.v | — | FN: to cause something to burn in such a way that its height is greatly reduced, or it is completely destroyed. <ex>The fire started in the kichen and burned down the whole house.</ex> |
| burn.v | — | FN: a cause or an agent takes and action which results in the burining of some flamable entity. This result may be intentinoal or acciental, and the amount of destruction caused is not specified by the verb. <ex>They burned the scrap lumber in their Franklin stove.</ex> |
| incinerate.v | — | FN: to cause something to butn in such a way that only ashes remain |
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