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Silencing [agentive]
An Agent causes a Speaker to become silent, sometimes about a particular Topic.
The teacher quieted the children's laughter.
The teacher quieted the children's laughter.
Properties
- ID
- #285
- Entry
- frm_silencing
- Namespace
- Eventive.Agentive
- FrameNet version
- Silencing (fn_1.7_2023)
- Domains
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- Types
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- Ontological type
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- English name
- Silencing
Core Frame Elements (3)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agent |
The Agent is the person performing the intentional act.
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category
sentient
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— |
| Expressor |
The Expressor is the Speaker's voice or other communicative noise emitted by the Speaker.
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— | — |
| Speaker |
The sentient entity that is not communicating.
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category
sentient
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— |
FE Core Set(s) and Excludes
CoreSet
Expressor
Speaker
Peripheral Frame Elements (8)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Degree |
The extent to which the Agent succeeds in creating silence.
Valois silenced the crowd completely with one commanding gesture |
category
degree
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| Instrument |
The instrument with which an intentional act is performed.
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category
physical_entity
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| Manner |
Any description of the silencing event which is not covered by more specific FEs, including epistemic modification (probably, presumably, mysteriously) and general descriptions comparing events (the same way).
Kim shushed Pat rather haughtily. |
category
manner
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| Means |
An act whereby the Agent silences the Speaker.
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category
state_of_affairs
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| Place |
Where the event takes place.
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category
locative_relation
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| Purpose |
The purpose for which an intentional act is performed.
John quieted the crowd to reassert his authority. |
category
state_of_affairs
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| Time |
When the event occurs.
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category
time
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| Topic |
This is the subject matter to which the Message pertains. It is typically expressed as a PP Complement headed by about.
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Extra-thematic Frame Elements (2)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Explanation |
The Explanation for which an intentional act is performed.
I hushed him because quiet hours were in effect. |
category
state_of_affairs
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| Result |
The Result is the final state of the Speaker.
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Frame-Frame Relations (2)
Causative
Inheritance
Lexical Units (7)
| LU | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| hush up.v | — | FN: to cause someone to become quite |
| hush.v | — | FN: to make someone become quiet |
| quiet down.v | — | FN: to make an entity make less noise than it was making previously |
| quiet.v | — | FN: to make someone or something make less noise than he/she/it was making previously |
| shush.v | — | COD: tell or signal to be silent |
| shut up.v | — | FN: to cause someone or something to stop making noise |
| silence.v | — | COD: make silent. |
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