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Preventing_or_letting [agentive]
A Potential_hindrance or an Agent (via their actions) keeps an Event from taking place, or despite the possibility of prevent the Event, do not do so. Lexical units which indicate that the event is not prevented, e.g. allow.v, are marked with the semantic type "Negative". Some lexical units, like avert and avoid indicate that the Potential_hindrance or Agent would have been affected if the Event occurred.
Rain prevented the ball game from taking place.
He could have stopped the riot .
The government narrowly averted a coup .
She allowed more than a few mistakes to happen .
Technology has permitted firms to link together more closely.
Unlike DOS , Windows lets you get on with something else when sending a fax.
Liberalization allows easier entry into particular markets .
Mesh allows the water to circulate normally through the aquarium.
Unlike in the Thwarting frame, the Potential_hindrance or Agent does not directly prevent the actions of an individual, but rather affects the world in such a way that an Event cannot occur.
Rain prevented the ball game from taking place.
He could have stopped the riot .
The government narrowly averted a coup .
She allowed more than a few mistakes to happen .
Technology has permitted firms to link together more closely.
Unlike DOS , Windows lets you get on with something else when sending a fax.
Liberalization allows easier entry into particular markets .
Mesh allows the water to circulate normally through the aquarium.
Unlike in the Thwarting frame, the Potential_hindrance or Agent does not directly prevent the actions of an individual, but rather affects the world in such a way that an Event cannot occur.
Properties
- ID
- #516
- Entry
- frm_preventing_or_letting
- Namespace
- Eventive.Agentive
- FrameNet version
- Preventing_or_letting (fn_1.7_2023)
- Domains
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- Ontological type
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- English name
- Preventing_or_letting
Core Frame Elements (3)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
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| Agent |
The Agent is the sentient being which keeps the Event from happening.
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| Event |
The Event is prevented from occurring by the Preventing_cause or the Agent.
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category
state_of_affairs
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| Potential_hindrance |
The Potential_hindrance is the force which keeps the Event from happening, or does not.
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FE Core Set(s) and Excludes
CoreSet
Agent
Potential_hindrance
Excludes
Agent
Potential_hindrance
Peripheral Frame Elements (2)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Place |
The Place is where the Potential_hindrance or Agent keeps the Event from taking place.
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category
locative_relation
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| Time |
The Time is when the Potential_hindrance or Agent keeps the Event from taking place.
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category
time
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Extra-thematic Frame Elements (11)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allowed_category |
A category that the Event fits into, which dictates the Event's being permitted or prevented (in accord with some implicit Principle.)
The transfer was sanctioned as a "necessary precaution". |
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| Circumstances |
A situation that accompanies the preventing or allowing.
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| Degree |
This frame element selects some gradable attribute and modifies the expected value for it.
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| Depictive |
A description of the Agent or an entity of the Event while they are involved in the action.
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| Event_description |
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.
First, it applies to appraisals of the event, typically a judgment of its expectedness. The notion of appraisal requires a factive portrayal of the event. The second subgroup consists of any descriptions of the state of affairs denoted by the target as role fillers in other frames. The state of affairs reported by the target is understood to play a role in the state of affairs of the modifier. What that role is depends only on the predicate heading the modifier phrase. |
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| Explanation |
This FE denotes a proposition from which the main clause (headed by the target) logically follows.
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| Frequency |
How often the event occurs.
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| Manner |
Any description of details of the event that influence the overall understanding and impression, such as the attitude of an Agent (casually) or the overall nature of the event (the same way).
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| Means |
The action performed by an Agent that brings about the prevention or allowing.
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| Period_of_iterations |
The length of time from when the event denoted by the target began to be repeated to when it stopped.
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| Purpose |
The situation that the Agent hopes to bring about with their action.
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Frame-Frame Relations (7)
Inheritance
Metaphorical_projection
Perspective
Using
Lexical Units (24)
| LU | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| allow.v | — | FN: give the required time or opportunity to let an action to be performed |
| avert.v | — | COD: prevent or ward off (an undesirable occurrence). |
| avoid.v | — | COD: prevent from doing or happening. |
| check.v | — | FN: stop the progress of something. |
| enable.v | — | FN: cause to become easier or possible. |
| enablement.n | — | FN: the process or state of making (something) possible. |
| forestall.v | — | COD: anticipate and prevent the action of. |
| frustrate.v | — | COD: prevent (a plan or action) from progressing, succeeding, or being fulfilled. |
| keep.v | — | FN: prevent (focusing on the previous state). |
| let.v | — | FN: give the required time or opportunity to allow for an action to be performed |
| nip in the bud.v | — | FN: prevent something from progressing to completion, by taking action early in the process |
| obviate.v | — | COD: avoid; prevent. |
| permit.v | — | FN: give the required time or opportunity so that an action can be performed |
| preclude.v | — | FN: prevent someone from successfully doing something |
| preempt.v | — | COD: take action in order to prevent (an attack or other anticipated event) happening; forestall. |
| preemption.n | — | FN: the act of preempting. |
| preemptive.a | — | FN: happening so as to prevent. |
| prevent.v | — | COD: keep from happening or arising. |
| prevention.n | — | FN: the act of preventing |
| prohibit.v | — | COD: prevent. |
| stave off.v | — | FN: prevent something bad or dangerous. |
| stop.v | — | FN: prevent an event from occurring. |
| stopping.n | — | FN: the act of stopping |
| upset.v | — | FN: keep from happening |
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