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Cure [agentive]
This frame deals with a Healer treating and curing an Affliction (the injuries, disease, or pain) of the Patient, sometimes also mentioning the use of a particular Treatment or Medication. This frame differs from Medical_intervention in that this frame deals only with cases in which the Patient is cured of the Affliction, not just treated for the Affliction.
Isis then cured Re by reciting a spell.
Another student became convinced that God was going to heal the clergyman of his cancer.
Isis then cured Re by reciting a spell.
Another student became convinced that God was going to heal the clergyman of his cancer.
Properties
- ID
- #50
- Entry
- frm_cure
- Namespace
- Eventive.Agentive
- FrameNet version
- Cure (fn_1.7_2023)
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- English name
- Cure
Core Frame Elements (6)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
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| Affliction |
The Frame Element Affliction is generally the NP Object of a verb, frequently incorporating the Patient as a possessor, as described above:
This potion heals a broken heart. The potion healed Kim's broken heart. |
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| Body_part |
The Body_part is the specific area of the Patient's body which is treated.
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body_part
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| Healer |
The Healer, anyone who treats or cures the Patient, occurs as the External Argument of verbs: Doctors alleviated his suffering.
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sentient
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| Medication |
The injested, applied, injected, etc. substance designed to cure the Patient.
He needs prolonged treatment with anibiotics. Note the tight relationship between Treatment and Medicine. |
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physical_entity
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| Patient |
This is the sufferer of the injury, disease or pain and can occur as an NP Object in this frame. However, Patient may not be expressed as a separate Frame Element but frequently occurs as the possessor of the Affliction, an example of FE Conflation: (See section on Conflation.)
Acupuncture cured Pat of his depression. Acupunture cured Pat's depression. The Patient may therefore not be tagged in a sentence although explicitly identified. |
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| Treatment |
The FE Treatment is used for treatments and means, distinguished by separate FEs in FN-1.
He emphasized treatment by surgical means. He will undergo radiation treatment. A method used to treat the Affliction can be the External Argument of these verbs, or expressed in a PP Complement: These herbs can cure insomnia. Insomnia can be cured with herbs. Target nouns (e.g. therapy, treatment, etc.) will NOT be tagged with this FE. |
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FE Core Set(s) and Excludes
CoreSet
Healer
Medication
Treatment
CoreSet
Body_part
Patient
Peripheral Frame Elements (4)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
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| Degree |
Degree to which event occurs
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degree
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| Manner |
Manner of performing an action
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manner
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| Place |
Where the event takes place.
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locative_relation
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| Time |
When the event occurs.
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time
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Extra-thematic Frame Elements (3)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duration |
The period of time that the Patient recieves the Treatment.
The sailor was treated for venereal disease for three months. |
category
duration
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| Purpose |
The purpose for which an intentional act is performed.
John resuscitated her to receive a raise. |
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state_of_affairs
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| Reciprocation |
The Reason for which an intentional act is performed.
We treated the pigeon for the hell of it. |
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Frame-Frame Relations (6)
Causative
Inheritance
See_also
Using
Lexical Units (27)
| LU | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| alleviate.v | — | COD: make (pain or difficulty) less severe. |
| alleviation.n | — | FN: to make a condition more bearable |
| curable.a | — | FN: capable of being cured |
| curative.a | — | COD: able to cure disease |
| curative.n | — | COD: a curative medicine or agent |
| cure.n | — | COD: a substance, treatment, or remedy that cures a disease, condition, or problem |
| cure.v | — | COD: end (a disease, condition, or problem) by treatment or remedial action; relieve of the symptoms of a disease or condition |
| ease.v | — | COD: make or become less serious or severe |
| heal.v | — | FN: make sound or healthy again |
| healer.n | — | FN: somebody who heals |
| incurable.a | — | COD: not able to be cured |
| nurse.v | — | FN: act as a nurse; treat with special care |
| palliate.v | — | COD: make (the symptoms of a disease) less severe without removing the cause. |
| palliation.n | — | FN: making the effects of a disease less severe for the patient (without curing the disease itself) |
| palliative.a | — | COD: relieving pain or alleviating a problem without dealing with the cause |
| palliative.n | — | COD: a palliative remedy or medicine. |
| rehabilitate.v | — | FN: restore to health or normal life by training and therapy after addiction or illness |
| rehabilitation.n | — | FN: the action or proicess of restoring to health or normal life by training and therapy after addiction or illness |
| rehabilitative.a | — | FN: having the function of restoring to health or normal life by training and therapy after imprisonment, addiction, or illness |
| remedy.n | — | COD: a medicine or treatment for a disease or injury |
| remedy.v | — | FN: to cure using some remedy |
| resuscitate.v | — | COD: make active or vigorous again |
| therapeutic.a | — | COD: having a good effect on the body or mind |
| therapist.n | — | FN: somebody specializing in a particular course of treatment or rehabilitation |
| therapy.n | — | COD: treatment intended to relieve or heal a disorder. |
| treat.v | — | COD: give medical care or attention to. |
| treatment.n | — | COD: medical care for an illness or injury. |
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