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Text [entity]
A Text is an entity that contains linguistic, symbolic information on a Topic, created by an Author at the Time_of_creation. It may be a physical entity that is made of a certain Material etc. It may be constructed for a Beneficiary.
It was a good book.
It was a good book.
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- Text (fn_1.7_2023)
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Core Frame Elements (1)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
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| Text |
The Text is the entity that contains linguistic information. This an incorporated FE for each LU in this frame.
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Peripheral Frame Elements (4)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
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| Author |
The Author is the person who produced a particular Text.
I'm glad I bought and read Robbins's book. |
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| Medium |
The Medium is the language in which a text is composed, or the physical medium (radio, ink) in which it is distributed.
Science [articles|Text] in Greek are difficult to understand for me. It's prudent to pay attention to radio bulletins. |
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| Topic |
Topic is what the Text is about.I read a [book|Text] about knitting.
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| Use |
The use for which the text was produced; its purpose.
She read through the bicycle's construction [manual|Text]. |
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Extra-thematic Frame Elements (9)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
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| Beneficiary |
The person for whom the Text is produced.
The [poem|Text] for Caitlin was included in an anthology . |
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| Containing_text |
This is a text in which the Text is located.
The last [poem|Text] in the anthology|Cont_text was horrid. |
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| Descriptor |
A characteristic of the Text
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| Genre |
The Genre or sub-Genre of the Text.
She writes only historical [fiction|Text]. I've got three comedic [screenplays|Text] on my desk right now! |
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| Material |
What a Text is made of (if applicable).
The library was so old, it was filled with vellum|Mat [tomes|Text], not a paperback in sight. |
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| Place |
The region where the Text is sold, circulated, or otherwise popular.
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| Subpart |
The smaller texts that make up the Text.
He found it in a [book|Text] of spells|Cmpnt. |
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| Time_of_creation |
The Time at which the Text was created.
Jackson's new story is based on a 1980 novel by his father. Poems from the end of that dynasty are known to contain many novel metric structures. |
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| Title |
The Title of a Text.
She read Sassy [magazine|Text]. Current NOW President Kim Gandy said Friedan's Feminine Mystique book opened women's eyes. NOTE: when the Title is expressed in an appositive clause, it is labeled as Text on the first layer and Title on the second. She read the magazine Sassy. |
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Frame-Frame Relations (8)
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Lexical Units (92)
| LU | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| account.n | — | COD: 1. a description of an event or experience. |
| article.n | — | COD: a piece of writing included with others in a newspaper or magazin |
| autobiography.n | — | COD: an account of a person's life written by that person. |
| ballad.n | — | COD: a poem or song narrating a popular story in short stanzas. |
| benediction.n | — | FN: words of blessing. |
| biography.n | — | COD: an account of someone's life written by someone else. |
| book.n | — | COD: a written or printed work consisting of pages glued or sewn together along one side and bound in covers |
| booklet.n | — | COD: a small, thin book with paper covers. |
| brochure.n | — | FN: a small, free catalogue of information used for marketing purposes. |
| bulletin.n | — | COD: a short official statement or summary of news. |
| chronicle.n | — | COD: written account of important or historical events in the order of their occurrence. |
| comedy.n | — | COD: 2. a play with a humorous or satirical tone, in which the characters ultimately triumph over adversity. |
| diary.n | — | COD: 1. a book in which one keeps a daily record of events and experiences. |
| drama.n | — | COD: a play. |
| edition.n | — | COD: a particular form or version of a published text. |
| editorial.n | — | COD: a newspaper article giving an opinion on a topical issue |
| elegy.n | — | COD: 1. a mournful poem, typically a lament for the dead. |
| epic.a | — | FN: of or relating to poetry of the epic tradition. |
| epic.n | — | COD: 1.a long poem narrating the deeds of heroic or legendary figures or the past history of a nation. |
| epigram.n | — | COD: 2.a short witty poem. |
| epilogue.n | — | COD: 1.a section or speech at the end of a book or play serving as a comment on or a conclusion to what has happened. |
| epistle.n | — | COD: a letter. |
| essay.n | — | COD: 1. a piece of writing on a particular subject. |
| eulogy.n | — | COD: 1. a speech or piece of writing that praises someone highly. |
| exemplum.n | — | COD: pl. exempla an example or model, especially a moralizing or illustrative story. |
| fable.n | — | COD: a short story, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral |
| fanzine.n | — | FN: a small, independent magazine put out by the devotees of a particular subculture. |
| festschrift.n | — | COD: pl. Festschriften or Festschrifts a collection of writings published in honour of a scholar. |
| fiction.n | — | COD: prose literature, especially novels, describing imaginary events and people. |
| grimoire.n | — | COD: a book of magic spells and invocations. |
| hagiography.n | — | COD: the writing of the lives of saints. |
| haiku.n | — | COD: pl. same or haikus a Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five. |
| handbook.n | — | COD: 1. a book giving brief information such as basic facts on a particular subject or instructions for operating a machine. |
| hardback.n | — | COD: a book bound in stiff covers. |
| history.n | — | COD: a continuous, typically chronological, record of past events or trends. |
| imprecation.n | — | COD: formal a spoken curse. |
| issue.n | — | FN: part of a series of a periodical |
| journal.n | — | COD: a newspaper or magazine dealing with a particular subject. |
| lay.n | — | COD: a short lyric or narrative poem meant to be sung |
| letter.n | — | COD: 2. a written, typed, or printed communication, sent by post or messenger. |
| life.n | — | FN: a biographical account of a person's experiences and actions |
| limerick.n | — | COD: 1.a humorous five-line poem with a rhyme scheme aabba. |
| list.n | — | COD: a number of connected items or names written consecutively. |
| literature.n | — | COD: written works, especially those regarded as having artistic merit. |
| lyric.n | — | COD: also lyrics the words of a song. |
| mag.n | — | COD: a magazine. |
| magazine.n | — | COD: a periodical publication containing articles and illustrations. |
| manual.n | — | COD: 1. a book giving instructions or information. |
| manuscript.n | — | COD: a handwritten book, document, or piece of music. |
| material.n | — | FN: literature on a topic |
| meditation.n | — | COD: a discourse expressing considered thoughts on a subject. |
| memoir.n | — | COD: a historical account or biography written from personal knowledge |
| missive.n | — | FN: a letter, note, or memo |
| monograph.n | — | COD: 1.a detailed written study of a single specialized subject. |
| mystery.n | — | COD: a novel, play, or film dealing with a puzzling crime. |
| newspaper.n | — | COD: a printed publication, typically issued daily or weekly, consisting of folded unstapled sheets and containing news, articles, and advertisements. |
| novel.n | — | COD: 1.a fictitious prose narrative of book length. |
| novelette.n | — | COD: chiefly derogatory a short novel, typically a light romantic one. |
| novella.n | — | COD: 1.a short novel or long short story. |
| obituary.n | — | COD: a notice of a person's death in a newspaper or periodical, typically including a brief biography. |
| ode.n | — | COD: 1. a lyric poem, typically in the form of an address, written in varied or irregular metre. |
| pamphlet.n | — | FN: a short booklet meant to disseminate basic or introductory information. |
| paper.n | — | FN: a newspaper or other regular publication |
| paper.n | — | FN: a (typically scholarly) written work that is usually intended for a class or publication in a journal |
| paperback.n | — | COD: 1. a book bound in stiff paper or flexible card. |
| periodical.n | — | COD: a periodical magazine or newspaper. |
| poem.n | — | COD: .a literary composition that is given intensity by particular attention to diction (sometimes involving rhyme), rhythm, and imagery. |
| poetry.n | — | COD: mass noun poems collectively or as a genre of literature. |
| publication.n | — | FN: a body of text that is realeased either individually or as a part of a larger collection of texts. |
| record.n | — | FN: an account a past event or events. |
| report.n | — | COD: an account given of a matter after investigation or consideration. |
| rhyme.n | — | COD: rhyming poetry or verse |
| saga.n | — | COD: a long story of heroic achievement, especially a medieval prose narrative in Old Norse or Old Icelandic. |
| screenplay.n | — | COD: the script of a film, including acting instructions and scene directions. |
| script.n | — | COD: the written text of a play, film, or broadcast. |
| sermon.n | — | COD: 1. a talk on a religious or moral subject, especially one given during a church service and based on a passage from the Bible. |
| song.n | — | COD: a short poem or other set of words set to music. |
| sonnet.n | — | COD: 1.a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line. [Prosody] |
| speech.n | — | COD: a formal address delivered to an audience. |
| spellbook.n | — | COD: a book of magical spells. |
| tetralogy.n | — | COD: a group of four related literary or operatic works. |
| textbook.n | — | FN: a book used by students as a standard source of information on a particular subject |
| thriller.n | — | COD: 1.a novel, play, or film with an exciting plot, typically involving crime or espionage. |
| tome.n | — | COD: chiefly humorous a book, especially a large, scholarly one. |
| tract.n | — | COD: a short treatise in pamphlet form, typically on a religious subject |
| tractate.n | — | COD: a treatise. |
| tragedy.n | — | COD: a serious play with an unhappy ending, especially one concerning the downfall of the protagonist. |
| treatise.n | — | COD: a written work dealing formally and systematically with a subject. |
| trilogy.n | — | COD: pl. -ies a group of three related novels, plays, films, etc. |
| volume.n | — | COD: a book forming part of a work or series |
| whodunit.n | — | FN: a mystery. |
| writings.n | — | COD: books or other written works. |
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