Frame Report

In this frame the Addressee can either occur as an NP Object (usually with a following complement clause) or as a PP Complement of verbs or nouns.

The child implored her parents to let her stay up late.
I pleaded with the bus driver to let me on without paying.
I made an appeal to the passers-by to help me.

The Medium is the physical entity or channel used to transmit the Message. The Medium is frequently expressed as a PP Complement headed by on or in.
The parents of the missing child made an appeal on television.
The parents of the missing child made an appeal in the papers.

The Message is the content of the request that can be expressed as a quote, in a finite or non-finite clausal Complement, an NP Object or PP Complement.
"I'd like an extension," begged Pat.
The directors requested that Pat resign.
Pat begged them to reconsider.
The students requested an extension of the deadline.
The offender begged for clemency.

The Speaker, as in other communication frames, is generally an External Argument.

The judge ordered the plaintiff to return the money.

Manner indicates the manner in which the Message is delivered.

Don't stop, " he commanded huskily|Manr.
"Maybe that was the basic problem," she told him wearily|Manr.

An act performed by the Speaker that results in a request being made and received.

He asked for food by holding his hand out with a doleful expression|Mns.

The interval during which the Speaker makes the request.

I urged him|Add to concede yesterday.

This extra-thematic FE applies to participants that are expected to derive a benefit from the occurrence of the event specified by the target predicate.

I asked him to get that for you.

This FE denotes an event that occurs, or a state of affairs that holds, at a time that includes some time that the request was occuring. This often makes us of "as" and "while".

I asked him for directions while we waited.

This FE describes a participant of the state of affairs introduced by the target as being in some state during the action. The depicted state does not necessarily or usually facilitate or cause the state of affairs reported by the target.

Glancing out the window, she asked me|Add to hand her the cane and assist her down the stairs.

The frame element Iterations is used for expressions that indicate the number of times an event or state (of the kind denoted by the target in its clause) has taken place or held.

I asked twice.

The Topic is rarely expressed in this frame but can occur as a PP Complement headed by about.

Can I make a request about the content of the lessons?.