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Setting_back_burn [agentive]
A Firefighter sets a controlled fire to remove fuel from a currently incompletely controlled fire.
Properties
- ID
- #2829
- Entry
- frm_setting_back_burn
- Namespace
- Eventive.Agentive
- FrameNet version
- Setting_back_burn (fn_1.7_2023)
- Domains
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- Types
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- Ontological type
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- English name
- Setting_back_burn
Core Frame Elements (3)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Firefighter |
The Firefighter is the person making the firebreak.
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category
sentient
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| Flame |
The Flame is what is created by the Firefighter.
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— | — |
| Flammables |
The Flammables is the the object that is burned in the back fire.
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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 Firefighter that also affect the action (presumptuously, coldly, deliberately, eagerly, carefully).
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category
manner
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— |
| Means |
An event brought about by the Firefighter that actually makes the Flammables catch fire.
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category
state_of_affairs
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| Place |
This FE identifies the Place where the event takes place.
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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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category
time
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— |
Extra-thematic Frame Elements (3)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Firefighter 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)
Inheritance
Lexical Units (1)
| LU | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| backfire.n | — | FN: a fire that uses up fuel from another fire, creating a firebreak. |
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