Frame Report

The place where the overall motion event takes place, thus including Source, Path, and Goal locations.

Letters streamed in all over the country.

This FE is used for expressions that indicate motion along a line from the deitic center towards a reference point (which may be implicit) that is neither the Goal of the posture change nor a landmark along the way of the moving part of the body. Often Direction is defined with reference to the canonical orientation of the Mass_theme, or the orientation imposed by an implicit observer.

Goal is the location the Mass_theme ends up in.


Eager spectators crowded into the auditorium

The mass of entities which moves.

Path refers to (a part of the) ground the Mass_theme travels over or to a landmark the Mass_theme travels by.

The door opened , and a crowd of people flooded past me, into the hall.

The Source is the location the Theme occupies initially before its change of location.

Afterwards, the crowd flooded away from the ceremony.

Degree of abundance.

This FE is any expression which characterizes the extent of motion. This frame element occurs throughout the motion domain but is very infrequent in Motion.Noise. The engine spluttered forward a short way and stopped.

The amount of time for which a state holds or a process is ongoing.

Any description of the motion event 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 an Mass_theme that also affect the action (presumptuously, coldly, deliberately, eagerly, carefully)

Children crowded eagerly around us

The Mode_of_transportation expresses how the motion of the Mass_theme is effected, by its body or by a vehicle which holds and conveys the Mass_theme. Vehicles can move in any way and in any medium. They are usually expressed obliquely with 'in' or 'by'.

Fans poured in by boat and train.

The spatial setting in which the Mass_motion takes place.

In the main auditorium people crowded around Orange's newest computer

In cases wherein the Mass_theme is construed as a sentient entities, this FE denotes the state of affairs that the entities wish to bring about by mass movement.

The ducks flocked south to mate|pur.

The Speed is the rate at which motion occurs.

When the event occurs.