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Spatial_co-location [localization]
A Figure is located essentially at the same location as a Ground, which is viewed as point-like, or having no important internal or external structure. Typically, the Ground is viewed as point-like due to its small size with respect to a conversationally relevant spatial scale; this scale may be provided by reference to other, distant entities or full paths of travel that make the size of the Ground seem relatively small. Another use of this frame is to specify a location via a Ground that is primarily considered for its function, rather than its shape; this second use explains why "at the store" is typically used even when a Figure is inside the Ground, but only in cases where the store is considered, according to its prototype, as a place to buy and sell, rather than an architectural entity (in which case "in the store" would be more usual).
We are now at the cathedral .
They claim that many Christians were martyred at the Collosseum .
I 'm at my mother 's .
This frame has a very large family of productive metaphors associated with it, the foremost of which maps from the target meaning of values on a quantitive scale (e.g. price, temperature, speed) onto the source domain of vertically-arranged positions in space. Because this metaphor does not normally serve to locate a cognitive agent, it is only rarely and exceptionally usable with the LU here.adv, which implies being at the same location as the speaker. A separate metaphor maps the target meaning of quantified progress (measured by a quantity associated with a processed entity vs. a quantity associated with what is left to be done) onto the source domain of forward-backward-arranged positions in space.
Tesla stock is at a three-month low today .
She put the biscuits in the oven at only 400 degrees .
At fifty dollars , everyone 's gonna buy one !
If you 're only at page 20 , just start over .
We are now at the cathedral .
They claim that many Christians were martyred at the Collosseum .
I 'm at my mother 's .
This frame has a very large family of productive metaphors associated with it, the foremost of which maps from the target meaning of values on a quantitive scale (e.g. price, temperature, speed) onto the source domain of vertically-arranged positions in space. Because this metaphor does not normally serve to locate a cognitive agent, it is only rarely and exceptionally usable with the LU here.adv, which implies being at the same location as the speaker. A separate metaphor maps the target meaning of quantified progress (measured by a quantity associated with a processed entity vs. a quantity associated with what is left to be done) onto the source domain of forward-backward-arranged positions in space.
Tesla stock is at a three-month low today .
She put the biscuits in the oven at only 400 degrees .
At fifty dollars , everyone 's gonna buy one !
If you 're only at page 20 , just start over .
Properties
- ID
- #2905
- Entry
- frm_spatial_co-location
- Namespace
- Relation.Localization
- FrameNet version
- Spatial_co-location (fn_1.7_2023)
- Domains
- โ
- Types
- โ
- Ontological type
- โ
- English name
- Spatial_co-location
Core Frame Elements (2)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Figure |
The Figure is perceived as located relative to a certain Ground location. The Figure can be an entity or an event.
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โ | โ |
| Ground |
The Ground serves as a basis for describing the location of the Figure.
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โ | โ |
Peripheral Frame Elements (1)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time |
The period of time during which the locative relation between Figure and Ground obtains.
He was at my shop on Friday|tim. |
category
time
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โ |
Extra-thematic Frame Elements (5)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accessibility |
An indication of how accessible the Figure is to some participant in the speech context (either the speaker or the addressee, or some other highly salient viewpoint in a narrative). This FE normally describes availability for manipulation and use, but may simply describe how easily seen or difficult to see the Figure is. There is a closed class of items that can fill this slot, including only 'right' indicating ease of access, and 'way', 'all the way', or (dialectally) 'clear' indicating distance and difficulty of access.
It's the door all the way at the back of the room. |
โ | โ |
| Deixis |
An indication of how the locative phrase relates to the grounding of the speech situation, either locating it near (here) or far (there, yonder), or specifically separated from the speech context by distance or a barrier (over). Fillers of this FE are restricted to this closed class of items.
She stood there at the fountain . |
โ | โ |
| Direction |
This FE identifies the Direction from a reference location (generally, the deictic center) of a path to the Figure. This FE is filled by one of a closed class of adverbs: up, down, out (meaning 'beyond the boundary around the viewpoint'), off (meaning 'disconnect between landmark and figure'), back (meaning 'along a line from front to back of landmark, and relatively inaccessible'), and, more rarely, away, along, and dialectally, back down (meaning 'down and behind').
The dog was waiting up|Dir at the top of the hill. |
โ | โ |
| Directness |
An indication of how closely the position of Figure matches the prototype expected from the image schema associated with the target. This FE is normally filled by closed-class, dedicated adverbs like right, straight, directly, and due (and some combinations of these), but also occurs with rarer items like 'smack dab'.
I was sitting right at the edge of the chair . |
โ | โ |
| Temporal_profile |
A description of how the access path to the Ground interacts with time. This FE is filled only by the closed class of adverbials back.adv (which indicates that the position was occupied by the Figure before) and on.adv (which indicates a continued path). While this FE in its most basic use refers to cases of actual motion, it can be used with descriptions of static position, in which case it either refers to fictive, imagined motion (as in the first example below), or it backgrounds motion entirely (as in the second example).
You 'll find it straight on over there. He's already back at the house. |
โ | โ |
Frame-Frame Relations (2)
Inheritance
Using
Lexical Units (6)
| LU | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| at.prep | โ | FN: located where (an entity of no contextually important structure) is located. |
| here.adv | โ | FN: at this place. |
| home.adv | โ | FN: located at the place where one lives. |
| there.adv | โ | FN: at that place. |
| where.adv | โ | FN: at which place. |
| where.adv | โ | FN: at which place |
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