Frame Report

The person (or other self-directed entity) that is attempting physical harm to the Victim.
The mysterious fighter attacked the guardsmen with a sabre.

This FE is the being or entity that is injured by the Assailant's attack.
The mysterious fighter attacked the guardsmen with a sabre.

This FE is used for expressions that indicate motion along a line from the deitic center towards a reference point (which may be implicit) that is neither the goal of motion nor a landmark along the way.

They will no doubt launch an attack towards the weakest area of our territory.

The amount of time that the attack lasts.

The day-long|dur attack crushed our morale.

Any description of the event which is not covered by more specific FEs, including epistemic modification (probably, presumably, mysteriously), force (hard, softly), secondary effects (quietly, loudly), and general descriptions comparing events (the same way). It may also indicate salient characteristics of an Assailant that also affect the action (presumptuously, coldly, deliberately, eagerly, carefully).

An intentional action performed by the Assailant that accomplishes the assault.
Japanese ambushed Americans by bombing Pearl Harbor.

The Path refers to (a part of) the ground over which the Assailant travels.

This FE identifies the place where the Assailant makes an assault on the Victim.
Then Jon-O's forces ambushed them on the left flank from a line of low hills.

This FE identifies the purpose for which an Assailant attacks the Victim.
John assaulted Thibault to prove his manhood.

The starting-point of the motion of the Assailant or projectiles of the Assailant as they move toward the the Place that the Victim is occupying in the attack. In prepositional phrases, the prepositional object expresses the starting point of motion. With particles, the starting point of motion is understood from context.

This FE identifies the time when the Assailant attacks the Victim.
As soon as he stepped out of the bar he was set upon by four men in ski-masks.

An entity used by the Assailant to cause damage to the Victim.
The mysterious fighter attacked the guardsmen with a sabre.

Circumstances describe the state of the world (at a particular time and place) which is specifically independent of the event itself and any of its participants.

This FE denotes an event that occurs or state of affairs that holds at a time that includes the time during which the event or state of affairs reported by the target occurs and of which it is taken to be a part.

This FE is used for any Depictive phrase describing the state of the Assailant or Victim while the attack occurs.
They attacked us in large numbers.

In general, this FE is used for phrases that describe the clause of the target as a whole. There are two somewhat distinct subgroups of sentence modifiers that cover this function.

A state of affairs that the Assailant is responding to that leads them to make an assault on the Victim.
Gloria attacked Michael for the cause of Justice|Exp.

The number (or description of the number) of times an attack takes place over a period of time.

They attack daily.

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.
Form: once, twice, Cardinal expression + /it times, /it lots/a lot

Expressions marked with this extra-thematic FE modify a non-iterative use of the target, and indicate that it is conceived as embedded within an iterated series of similar events or states. In addition, most expressions of Particular_iteration indicate which instance of the series is being referred to.

This FE presents the current frame as an integral part of a larger conceptualization expressed by another frame. The frame expressed by the target typically corresponds to a Means action within the frame expressed by the Re-encoding, but not necessarily.

The Result of the attack on the Victim by the Assailant.