Frame Report

The FE Protagonist is the being or entity that dies. With verbs in this frame, the Protagonist is the External Argument.

The goldfish died.

The situation or event that led directly to the death.

The cat died of old age.
The children perished from hunger.
She died of a fever .

Some measure of the event, generally frequency.

You know, I wouldn't want to live in a Shakespearian play; people die in them a lot|Degr.

Any description of the event which is not covered by more specific FEs, including force (hard, softly), secondary effects (quietly, loudly), and general descriptions comparing events (the same way).

He died horribly|Manr; I won't describe it.

The FE Place indicates where the death takes place.

Your father passed away in his hospital bed.

The FE Time denotes when the dying or killing occurs.

Your father passed away about four minutes ago.
He sadly passed away in 1962 because of severe cerebrovascular disease.

This FE identifies the larger event in which the Protagonist dies, i.e. changes from living to dead.

The pilot died in the crash|sub

The FE Depictive denotes the state of the Protagonist as the death occurred. I think he died happy|Dep.

The FE Explanation expresses a situation that brings about the Protagonist's death in some less direct way than a Cause.

He asphyxiated because his parents left a bag in his crib .

An individual negatively affected by the death of the Protagonist.

Aww man, my dog died on me.

The FE Result indicates what occurs as the result of the death of the Protagonist.

If we don't find something soon, we'll all starve to death|Res.