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This frame contains words describing physical experiences that can affect virtually any part of the body. The body part affected is almost always mentioned with these words. It is typically expressed by the noun heading the external argument, and this noun is typically accompanied by a possessive determiner that refers to the possessor of the body part, as in the first example below:

My head hurts!

Nuadu, aching in every bone, had not made a sound.

ID: #68
Entry: frm_perception_body
Namespace: Experiential.Experiencer_state
FrameNet version: Perception_body (fn_1.7_2023)
Domains: —
Types: —
Ontological type: —
English name: Perception_body

Core Frame Elements
Frame element	Definition	Semantic type	Constraint
Body_part	This FE is the location on the body where the physical experience takes place, typically expressed as External Argument, often as PP complement: My legs are a little sore. I'm a little sore in my legs.	body_part	—
Experiencer	The Experiencer is the being who has a physical experience on some part of his or her body, or internally. Often information about this frame element is incorporated as a possessive determiner into the constituent expressing the Body Part, in which case it is not tagged separately (from Body Part), as shown below: My legs hurt! Sometimes, however, this frame element is expressed as an External Argument in its own right: I hurt all over! Here, the phrase all over can be considered a kind of generalized Body Part expression, and the pronoun I expresses the Experiencer independently. With nouns and adjectives in this frame, the separate expression of the Experiencer is more common: I have a pain in my leg.	sentient	—

CoreSet

Body_part Experiencer

Peripheral Frame Elements
Frame element	Definition	Semantic type	Constraint
Degree	Degree to which event occurs	degree	—
Manner	Manner of performing an action	manner	—

Extra-thematic Frame Elements
Frame element	Definition	Semantic type	Constraint
Explanation	The Explanation describes the cause of the perception the body is experiencing.	state_of_affairs	—
Subregion	The Subregion is the specific area of the Body_part which experiences the sensation. My leg aches under the bandage.	locative_relation	—

Causative

Causative relations
Has as causative Cause_bodily_experience FE-FE

Using

Using relations
Uses Perception_experience FE-FE

Lexical units of this frame
LU	Type	Definition
ache.v	—	FN: suffer from continuous pain
ail.v	—	FN: to bodily afflict.
be killing.v	—	FN: ((some object, usually a body part)) causes pain to
burn.v	—	FN: feel pain, as though through heat
chafe.v	—	FN: to become sore as a result of rubbing
discomfort.n	—	FN: a state of physical distress
goosebump.n	—	FN: a pimply state of the skin with the hairs erect, produced by cold or fright
hum.v	—	FN: to tingle as if from a low vibration
hurt.v	—	COD: (of a part of the body) suffer pain.
itch.v	—	COD: experience an unconfortable sensation that causes a desire to scratch the skin
pain.n	—	COD: a strongly unpleasant bodily sensation such as is caused by illness or injury.
pain.v	—	COD: cause mental or physical pain to.
prickle.v	—	FN: experience a tingling or painful sensation on the skin.
smart.v	—	FN: feel a sharp, poignant pain.
spin.v	—	FN: feel as though something were rotating on an axis
sting.v	—	FN: present a sharp pain, as though caused by a piercing wound
tickle.v	—	FN: to have a sensation as though being tickled.
tingle.v	—	FN: experience a slight stinging sensation

Frame Chain

TQR

Visual Units

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Frame Report

Perception_body [experiencer_state]

Properties

Core Frame Elements (2)

FE Core Set(s) and Excludes

Peripheral Frame Elements (2)

Extra-thematic Frame Elements (2)

Frame-Frame Relations (2)

Causative

Using

Lexical Units (18)