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An Arguer presents a Content, along with Support, to an Addressee. The Content may refer elliptically to a course of action or it may refer to a proposition that the Addressee is to believe. Some lexical units (e.g. "prove") indicate the speaker's belief about the Content.Jan argued that the evidence was inadmissable.Jan argued against the admissability of the evidence.Jan proved that the evidence was inadmissable.

ID: #308
Entry: frm_reasoning
Namespace: Eventive.Agentive
FrameNet version: Reasoning (fn_1.7_2023)
Domains: —
Types: —
Ontological type: —
English name: Reasoning

Core Frame Elements
Frame element	Definition	Semantic type	Constraint
Arguer	The Arguer presents the Content before the Addressee.Jan argued that the evidence was inadmissable.	sentient	—
Content	The Arguer wants the Addressee to entertain the Content, which can be a proposition to be believed or a course of action to be taken, based on the Support presented.Jan argued that the evidence was inadmissable.	content	—

Peripheral Frame Elements
Frame element	Definition	Semantic type	Constraint
Addressee	Addressee is the entity before whom the Arguer presents a Content. Jan argued to the court that the evidence was inadmissable.	sentient	—
Degree	This FE identifies the Degree to which an arguing event occurs.Jan argued the defendant's innocence beyond a shadow of a doubt.	degree	—
Duration	The period of time for which the Arguer presents his or her reasoning to the Addressee. He argued for hours that chess is a sport	duration	—
Manner	This FE identifes the Manner in which an Arguer argues.Jan argued convincingly that the evidence was inadmissable.	manner	—
Means	This FE identifies the Means by which an Arguer presents Content to an Addressee.Jan argued the evidence was admissable by waving the warrant in the air.	state_of_affairs	—
Medium	This FE identifies the physical or abstract setting in which the Content is conveyed.Jan argued in writing that the evidence was inadmissable.	—	—
Place	This FE identifies the location where an argument is made by an Arguer. The young men will be arguing their policies in the school auditorium.	locative_relation	—
Support	Support lends epistemic support to a claim, or provides a reason for a course of action.Jan argued that gun was inadmissable as evidence because the police didn't have a search warrant.	—	—
Time	The Time at which an Arguer makes an argument for the Content. The government argued in August that the prisoners should not be released	time	—

Extra-thematic Frame Elements
Frame element	Definition	Semantic type	Constraint
Depictive	Depictive identifies a phrase describing a participant in an action.Jan argued that the evidence was inadmissable in a tuxedo.	—	—
Group	An entity related to the Content.	—	—
Result	This FE identifies the Result of an arguing event.	—	—

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Using relations
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Lexical units of this frame
LU	Type	Definition
argue.v	—	COD: give reasons or cite evidence in support of something
argument.n	—	COD: a set of reasons given in support of something
case.n	—	COD: a set of facts or arguments supporting one side of a debate or controversy
demonstrate.v	—	COD: clearly show the existence or truth of
demonstration.n	—	COD: the action of demonstrating something.
disprove.v	—	FN: to prove a proposition to be false by a set of reasoning
polemic.n	—	COD: a strong verbal or written attack.
prove.v	—	COD: demonstrate by evidence or argument the truth or existence of
reason.v	—	FN: to think about something using a logical process
reasoning.n	—	FN: an explanation
show.v	—	FN: argue, demonstrate, or prove that something is the case.

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Reasoning [agentive]

Properties

Core Frame Elements (2)

Peripheral Frame Elements (9)

Extra-thematic Frame Elements (3)

Frame-Frame Relations (1)

Using

Lexical Units (11)