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Sex [agentive]
Participants in a Sex act engage in or are subjected to sexual contact. Often the LUs in this frame are suggestive euphemisms which refer to non-sexual physical contact, Giving/Receiving scenarios, frames related to travel, physical orientation, body metonymy, biological necessity, or a simple completion of Activity.
Properties
- ID
- #2913
- Entry
- frm_sex
- Namespace
- Eventive.Agentive
- FrameNet version
- Sex (fn_1.7_2023)
- Domains
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- Types
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- Ontological type
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- English name
- Sex
Core Frame Elements (3)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
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| Participants |
The set of entities engaged in or subjected to sexual contact.
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| Participant_1 |
One party present for sex.
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| Participant_2 |
Another party present for sex.
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FE Core Set(s) and Excludes
Excludes
Participant_1
Participant_2
Participants
Peripheral Frame Elements (6)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duration |
This FE describes the length of time that an entire sexual encounter can last, including but not necessarily implying the length of all stages of the encounter.
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| Manner |
A description of the sex act which is not covered by more specific FEs. In addition, it may indicate salient characteristics of one or more Participants that also affect the action.
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| Means |
This FE identifies the Means by which Participants accomplish a sexual act.
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| Place |
To be clear: the place FE describes the overall location of the Participants of the sexual activity and nothing else.
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| Purpose |
This FE identifies the justification of a sexual act, for at least one of the Participants.
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| Time |
This FE relates the relative time of occurrence of the sexual activity.
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Extra-thematic Frame Elements (1)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Domain |
For a sexual act, the Domain describes the specific realm of the contact between Participants; for example, phone sex.
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Frame-Frame Relations (1)
Inheritance
Lexical Units (25)
| LU | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| bang.v | — | FN: To have sex |
| bed.v | — | FN: (euphemism) have sex with. |
| bone.v | — | FN: (metonymy) To have sex. |
| bump uglies.v | — | FN: (euphemism) To have sex |
| copulate.v | — | FN: To have sex. |
| do it.v | — | FN: (slightly vulgar) have intercourse. |
| do.v | — | FN: This verb can relate the simplest sense of the completion of a sexual act, or can be combined with the Act FE to relate a more complicated scenario. |
| fuck.v | — | FN: (vulgar) have intercourse (with). |
| give.v | — | FN: (euphemistic; us. of males) have sex with) |
| go at it.v | — | FN: mtually and enthusiastically engage in intercourse or other sex related contact. |
| have.v | — | FN: Specifically different from the sense of the support verb, this LU refers to sex as an act of possession. |
| intercourse.n | — | FN: A sexual act |
| jump bones.x | — | FN: (euphemism) to have sex |
| jump.v | — | FN: (euphemism) to have sex |
| knock boots.v | — | FN: (euphemism) To have sex |
| lay.v | — | FN: (archaic) To have sex |
| make love.v | — | FN: To have intimate sex |
| make whoopie.a | — | FN: (euphemism) To have sex |
| mate.v | — | FN: To have sexual intercourse. Often, used as a biological term. |
| pork.v | — | FN: (euphemism) To have sex |
| quickie.n | — | FN: a sex session, due to time restraint or otherwise |
| sex.n | — | FN: an act of physical intimacy that can lead to orgasm. |
| shag.v | — | FN: (Often lewd.) To have sex. |
| slam.v | — | FN: To have sex. |
| take.v | — | FN: (euphemistic; us. of males) have sex with. |
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