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Revenge [agentive]
This frame concerns the infliction of punishment in return for a wrong suffered. An Avenger performs a Punishment on a Offender as a consequence of an earlier action by the Offender, the Injury. The Avenger inflicting thePunishment need not be the same as the Injured_party who suffered the Injury, but the Avenger does have to share the judgment that the Offender's action was wrong. The judgment that the Offender had inflicted an Injury is made without regard to the law.
(1) They took revenge for the deaths of two loyalist prisoners.
(2) Lachlan went out to avenge them.
(3) The next day, the Roman forces took revenge on their enemies..
(1) They took revenge for the deaths of two loyalist prisoners.
(2) Lachlan went out to avenge them.
(3) The next day, the Roman forces took revenge on their enemies..
Properties
- ID
- #347
- Entry
- frm_revenge
- Namespace
- Eventive.Agentive
- FrameNet version
- Revenge (fn_1.7_2023)
- Domains
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- Types
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- Ontological type
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- English name
- Revenge
Core Frame Elements (5)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avenger |
The Avenger exacts revenge from the Offender for the Injury.
We want to avenge her. |
category
sentient
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| Injured_party |
This frame element identifies the constituent that encodes who or what suffered the Injury at the hands of the Offender. Sometimes, an abstract concept such a person's honour or their blood is presented as the element that has suffered the Injury. These also constitute instances of Injured_party
Sam's brothers avenged him. We will decide later how to avenge the blood of the fallen. |
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| Injury |
The Injury is the injurious action committed by the Offender against the Injured_Party. This Frame Element need not always be realized, although it is conceptually necessary.
The team sought revenge for their 4-1 defeat last month. |
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| Offender |
The Offender has committed the earlier Injury for which the Avenger seeks revenge.
Jo had the affair as a kind of revenge against Pat. Marie took terrible revenge on Trevor. |
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| Punishment |
The Avenger carries out a Punishment in order to exact revenge on the Offender.
The team took revenge with a resounding victory. |
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FE Core Set(s) and Excludes
CoreSet
Injured_party
Injury
CoreSet
Avenger
Punishment
Peripheral Frame Elements (7)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Degree |
This FE identifies the Degree to which an event occurs.
Marie took terrible revenge on Trevor. |
category
degree
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| Duration |
The length of time that the Avenger seeks revenge for the Injury.
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| Instrument |
This FE identifies the Instrument with which the revenge is performed.
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category
physical_entity
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| Manner |
This frame element refers to the Manner in which the Avenger exacts their revenge from the Offender.
They took brutal revenge on the criminal. |
category
manner
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| Place |
This FE identifies the Place where the revenge occurs.
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category
locative_relation
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| Purpose |
This FE identifies the Purpose for which the revenge is performed.
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category
state_of_affairs
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| Time |
This FE identifies the Time when the revenge occurs.
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category
time
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Extra-thematic Frame Elements (2)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depictive |
Depictive identifies a phrase describing the actor of an action.
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| Result |
This FE identifies the Result of inflicting punishment for a wrong suffered.
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Frame-Frame Relations (1)
Inheritance
Lexical Units (18)
| LU | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| avenge.v | — | FN: inflict harm on somebody in return for an injury or wrong suffered |
| avenger.n | — | FN: a person who takes vengeance for some wrong suffered on their own or somebody else's behalf |
| get back.v | — | COD: take revenge on. |
| get even.v | — | FN: inflict on another person similar harm or injury to what they inflicted on you previously |
| payback.n | — | COD: an act of revenge |
| retaliate.v | — | COD: make an attack or assault in return for a similar attack. |
| retaliation.n | — | COD: an attack or assault in return for a similar attack. |
| retribution.n | — | COD: punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance |
| retributive.a | — | FN: relating to retribution |
| retributory.a | — | FN: of or relating to retribution |
| revenge.n | — | COD: retaliation for an injury or wrong. |
| revenge.v | — | FN: inflict revenge for an injury or wrong done to oneself or somebody else |
| revengeful.a | — | COD: eager for revenge. |
| revenger.n | — | FN: somebody seeking to exact revenge |
| sanction.n | — | COD: measures taken by a state to coerce another to conform to an international agreement or norms of conduct. |
| vengeance.n | — | COD: punishment inflicted in retaliation for an injury or offense |
| vengeful.a | — | COD: seeking to harm someone in return for a perceived injury. |
| vindictive.a | — | COD: having or showing a strong or unreasoning desire for revenge |
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