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Statement [agentive]
This frame contains verbs and nouns that communicate the act of a Speaker to address a Message to some Addressee using language. Instead of (or in addition to) a Speaker, a Medium may also be mentioned. Likewise, a Topic may be stated instead of a Message. A number of the words can be used performatively, such as declare and insist.
I now declare you members of this Society.
She said that I would be late .
The announcement about raffle winners|Top came across the loudspeaker.
I now declare you members of this Society.
She said that I would be late .
The announcement about raffle winners|Top came across the loudspeaker.
Properties
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- #43
- Entry
- frm_statement
- Namespace
- Eventive.Agentive
- FrameNet version
- Statement (fn_1.7_2023)
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- Statement
Core Frame Elements (4)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
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| Medium |
Medium is the physical entity or channel used by the Speaker to transmit the statement.
Kim preached to me over the phone. |
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| Message |
The Message is the FE that identifies the content of what the Speaker is communicating to the Addressee. It can be expressed as a clause or as a noun phrase.
Evelyn said that she was not ready to leave|Msg. Evelyn explained that she had seen him before|Msg. |
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message
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| Speaker |
The Speaker is the sentient entity that produces the Message (whether spoken or written). It is normally expressed as the External Argument of predicative uses of the target word, or as the Genitive modifier of the noun.
Evelyn|Spkr spoke feelingly about what happened. Evelyn|Spkr made a persuasive statement. Evelyn's|Spkr statement was quite persuasive. |
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sentient
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| Topic |
The Topic is the subject matter to which the Message pertains. It is normally expressed as a PP Complement headed by "about", but in some cases it can appear as a direct object.
Evelyn spoke candidly about her past|Top. The teacher mentioned the recent campus incidents|Top. |
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FE Core Set(s) and Excludes
CoreSet
Message
Topic
CoreSet
Medium
Speaker
Peripheral Frame Elements (4)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
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| Manner |
The Manner of performing an action.
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manner
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| Means |
An act whereby the Speaker makes a Message.
Bilio commented on the paper by scrawling innumerable post-its in a range of colors and sticking them all over it|Mns. |
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state_of_affairs
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| Place |
The FE specifies the location where the Message takes place.
In some remarks at the National Press Club, Mr. Keating said he would make a better prime minister tha nMr. Hawke. |
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locative_relation
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| Time |
The Time at which the Message is made.
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time
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Extra-thematic Frame Elements (12)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
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| Addressee |
The Addressee is the person to whom the Message is communicated. When this FE is expressed, it often appears in a prepositional phrase introduced by "to", or as a direct object.
Evelyn reported to me|Add about what happened. Evelyn spoke to me|Add about what happened. |
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sentient
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| Communicative_force |
This FE indicates the Communicative_force or authority with which the Message is expressed (often denoted by words such as "officially," "formally," "technically," etc.).
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| Containing_event |
This FE identifies an event during which the Speaker produces the Message.
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| Degree |
This FE selects some gradable attribute and modifies the expected value for it.
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| Depictive |
The state of the Speaker during the Message.
Let's see if you say that sober|Dep! |
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| Event_description |
This FE describes the Message event.
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| Frequency |
This FE is defined as the number of times an event occurs per some unit of time.
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| Group |
The Group of Speakers or Mediums within which the Message is made. Much would be achieved if these were more widely acknowledged.
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| Internal_cause |
The emotional or physical state of the Speaker that leads to their speaking.
He wrote in bitterness|ICause of the treatment the Malloreans had given him. |
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| Iterations |
The FE 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.
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| Occasion |
The Occasion is the reason a public Message is given.
The New Year address was well received. |
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| Particular_iteration |
Expressions marked with this extra-thematic FE indicate that the particular Message event referred to is conceived as embedded within an iterated series of similar events or states. Most expressions of Particular_iteration indicate which instance of the series is being referred to.
A further biography Shadowland by William Arnold, published in 1978, asserted for the first time|par that Farmer had been the subject of a transorbital lobotomy |
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Frame-Frame Relations (14)
Inheritance
Using
Lexical Units (79)
| LU | Type | Definition |
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| acknowledge.v | — | COD: accept or admit the existence or truth of. |
| acknowledgment.n | — | FN: the action of acknowledging. |
| add.v | — | COD: say as a further remark. |
| address.v | — | FN: speak or write to |
| admission.n | — | COD: a confession. |
| allegation.n | — | FN: the act of alleging |
| allege.v | — | COD: claim that someone has done something wrong, typically without proof. |
| allow.v | — | FN: concede. |
| announce.v | — | COD: make a formal public declaration about a fact, occurrence, or intention. |
| announcement.n | — | FN: the act of announcing |
| assert.v | — | FN: declare, or state clearly |
| assertion.n | — | FN: the act of asserting |
| attest.v | — | COD: declare that something exists or is the case. |
| aver.v | — | COD: state or assert to be the case. |
| avow.v | — | COD: assert or confess openly |
| avowal.n | — | FN: an open declaration or confession. |
| be like.v | — | FN: To state either out loud or internally. |
| caution.n | — | FN: A statement intended to convey potential danger or risk. |
| caution.v | — | COD: say something as a warning |
| challenge.v | — | FN: (rare) state in direct or implicit contradition to preceding discourse. |
| claim.n | — | COD: an assertion of the truth of something |
| claim.v | — | COD: assert that something is the case. |
| comment.n | — | COD: a remark expressing an opinion or reaction |
| comment.v | — | COD: express an opinion or reaction. |
| concession.n | — | FN: a usually reluctant acknowledgment of a fact |
| confirm.v | — | FN: give assurance of the validity of something. |
| conjecture.n | — | COD: an opinion or conclusion based on incomplete information. |
| conjecture.v | — | COD: form a conjecture. |
| contend.v | — | COD: assert. |
| contention.n | — | COD: an assertion. |
| declaration.n | — | COD: a formal or explicit statement or announcement |
| declare.v | — | COD: announce solemnly or officially; make clearly known. |
| denial.n | — | COD: the action of denying something. |
| describe.v | — | COD: give a detailed account in words of. |
| detail.v | — | Fn: explain in detail |
| exclaim.v | — | COD: cry out suddenly, especially in surprise, anger, or pain. |
| exclamation.n | — | COD: exclamation is a derivative of exclaim |
| explain.v | — | COD: make (something) clear by describing it in more detail. |
| explanation.n | — | FN: the act of explaining, making something clear |
| gloat.v | — | COD: contemplate one's own success or another's misfortune with smugness or malignant pleasure. |
| hazard.v | — | COD: venture to say |
| insist.v | — | COD: demand or state forcefully, without accepting refusal or contradiction. |
| insistence.n | — | FN: forceful statement |
| maintain.v | — | COD: assert something to be the case. |
| mention.n | — | COD: a reference to someone or something. |
| mention.v | — | FN: to make reference to something |
| message.n | — | FN: a communication that addresses the speaker's or authors feelings |
| note.v | — | FN: express an observation, often as a side remark. |
| observe.v | — | COD: say; remark |
| pout.v | — | FN: to say something in a manner expressing annoyance or disappointment |
| preach.v | — | COD: deliver a religious address to an assembled group of people. |
| proclaim.v | — | COD: announce officially or publicly. |
| proclamation.n | — | COD: proclamation is a derivative of proclaim |
| profess.v | — | COD: claim that one has (a quality or feeling). |
| promulgation.n | — | FN: a formal proclomation |
| pronounce.v | — | FN: to make a serious statement, to announce |
| pronouncement.n | — | COD: pronouncement is a derivative of pronounce |
| proposal.n | — | COD: a plan or suggestion |
| propose.v | — | COD: put forward (an idea or plan) for consideration by others. |
| proposition.n | — | FN: an option for future action |
| reaffirm.v | — | COD: state again as a fact; assert again strongly. |
| recount.v | — | COD: give an account of something. |
| refute.v | — | COD: deny (a statement or accusation). |
| reiterate.v | — | COD: say something again or repeatedly. |
| relate.v | — | COD: give an account of. |
| remark.n | — | COD: a comment |
| remark.v | — | COD: say as a comment; mention. |
| report.n | — | COD: an account given of a matter after investigation or consideration |
| report.v | — | COD: give a spoken or written account of something. |
| say.v | — | COD: utter words so as to convey information, an opinion, an instruction, etc. |
| smirk.v | — | COD: smile in an irritatingly smug or silly way. |
| speak.v | — | FN: say something |
| state.v | — | COD: express definitely or clearly in speech or writing |
| statement.n | — | COD: a definite or clear expression of something in speech or writing |
| suggest.v | — | COD: put forward for consideration. |
| talk.v | — | COD: speak in order to give information or express ideas or feelings; converse or communicate by speech. |
| tell.v | — | FN: communicate a story, tale, etc (support only) |
| venture.v | — | FN: to offer a remark at the risk of being rebuffed or censured for it |
| write.v | — | FN: to record a message in writing |
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