Frame Report

The Patient is the entity that undergoes a change. The leaves rotted into a mass of slime. The dresses decayed from their former beauty.

The Degree expressions that indicate to what degree the Patient has changed. Its entrails had totally decomposed. Before he could get to the specimen , its entrails had decomposed so badly that they had to be thrown away|Deg.

The Duration indicates the amount of time for which the Patient rots. That thorn had been there , festering, for months|Dur.

The Initial_state is the original state of the Patient. The dresses decayed from their former beauty|I_state.

Any description of the Rotting event which is not covered by more specific FEs, including epistemic modification (probably, presumably, mysteriously), secondary effects (horribly), and general descriptions comparing events (the same way).

The soldiers' wounds festered slowly

The Place is where the rotting occurs.

Any traces of uneaten food will decompose in your tank and foul the water.

The Speed is the rate at which the Patient changes. A dead snail decomposes very rapidly|Spd, fouling the water badly.

The Time indicates when the rotting occurs.

Before he could get to the specimen , its entrails had decomposed so badly that they had to be thrown away.

A state of affairs that entails the Patient decaying. And I've got a piece of ham that 'll spoil if we don't eat it tonight|cir.

The Explanation indicates the reason for which the Patient rots. Typically, the front top six teeth will decay because of the way the child has sucked on its bottle.

The number of times that a rotting event takes place.

Often, the food would perish because there was no refrigeration.

The Result is the result of the change of phase of the Patient. The leaves rotted into a mass of slime. A dead snail decomposes very rapidly, fouling the water badly.

The Subregion describes which part of a larger whole is being affected.

The cloth was rotting around the edges|sub.