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Firefighting [agentive]
This frame characterizes the situation in which a Firefighter acts to prevent a Fire from occurring, accelerating, or affecting important things such as people, buildings, possessions, and valued natural areas. This frame is primarily present as the target domain of a metaphor that maps the entire domain of Hostile_encounter to the domain of firefighting.
Properties
- ID
- #2832
- Entry
- frm_firefighting
- Namespace
- Eventive.Agentive
- FrameNet version
- Firefighting (fn_1.7_2023)
- Domains
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- Types
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- Ontological type
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- English name
- Firefighting
Core Frame Elements (2)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fire |
The fire that Firefighters target.
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— | — |
| Firefighter |
The individual or group who respond(s) to the Fire.
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category
sentient
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— |
Peripheral Frame Elements (5)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Instrument |
An instrument with which an intentional fire-fighting act is performed.
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category
physical_entity
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— |
| Manner |
The manner in which the Firefighters are fighting the Fire.
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| Place |
This FE identifies the location of the Firefighters as they attempt to fight the Fire.
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category
locative_relation
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| Purpose |
The desired result of the firefight. It may either directly refer to the state of affairs that is desired, e.g.
The firefighters tackled the blaze early to prevent the further spread of the flames. or the state of affairs may be implicit in an (abstract or concrete) entity that is desired by the firefighters, e.g. The firefighters fought for ground as the flames approached. |
category
state_of_affairs
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— |
| Time |
The time when the Firefighter fights the Fire.
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— | — |
Extra-thematic Frame Elements (1)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depictive |
This FE describes a participant of the state of affairs as being in some state during the firefighting action.
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Frame-Frame Relations (3)
Metaphorical_projection
Precedes
SubFrame
Lexical Units (8)
| LU | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| attack.v | — | FN: Employ firefighters and firefighting equipment in a concentrated effort against a fire. |
| battle.n | — | FN: A firefighting effort where the outcome is not guaranteed. |
| battle.v | — | FN: A team fights a fire with no indication of weakness but no clear indication of imminent success. |
| control.v | — | FN: Firefighting unit prevents a blaze from reaching a critical moment at which it may cause expensive, irreparable, or otherwise undesirable damage. |
| fight.v | — | FN: Making an attempt to put a fire out with great effort. Usually attempted by official Firefighters. |
| fire fighting.n | — | FN: to process of extinguishing fires |
| gain ground.x | — | FN: To advance a firefighting effort into territory that was previously burning, or was thought to be burning. Most often used to describe advances made on wildfires burning in non-urban areas. |
| tackle.v | — | FN: Firefighting unit aggressively pushes forward toward a fire so that it can be doused before causing any more damage than it might already have caused. |
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