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Setting_fire [agentive]
This frame describes either the creation of a Flame by a Kindler or non-sentient Cause, or the igniting of Flammables by a Kindler or a Cause.
Taliban militants recently set fire to several schools.
The fire ignited. CNI
Taliban militants recently set fire to several schools.
The fire ignited. CNI
Properties
- ID
- #283
- Entry
- frm_setting_fire
- Namespace
- Eventive.Agentive
- FrameNet version
- Setting_fire (fn_1.7_2023)
- Domains
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- Types
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- Ontological type
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- English name
- Setting_fire
Core Frame Elements (4)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
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| Cause |
The cause of the fire.
A spark ignited the curtains. |
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| Flame |
The Flame is what is created by the Kindler.
Oscar started the fire. |
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| Flammables |
The Flamables is the the object that is set on fire by the Kindler.
Tracy set the couch on fire. |
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| Kindler |
The Kindler is the person performing the intentional act.
Mark started the fire with a magnifying glass. |
category
sentient
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FE Core Set(s) and Excludes
CoreSet
Flame
Flammables
Excludes
Cause
Kindler
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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category
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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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 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 (5)
Inheritance
Precedes
Using
Lexical Units (11)
| LU | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| catch on fire.v | — | FN: cause to be on fire. |
| ignite.v | — | FN: cause to catch fire |
| kindle.v | — | COD: light (a flame); set on fire. |
| light.v | — | FN: ignite something. "Alan gathered sticks and lit a fire." |
| set ablaze.v | — | FN: to set on fire |
| set alight.v | — | FN: to set on fire |
| set fire.v | — | FN: ignite |
| set on fire.v | — | FN: cause to burn with flames; caused by an initial combustion such as a spark or ignition |
| spark.v | — | COD: with obj. ignite. |
| start.v | — | FN: (with certain objects) to ignite. |
| torch.v | — | COD: set fire to. "The shops had been looted and torched." |
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