Frame Report

The individuals whose relationship is changing.

The individual who comes to form a relationship with Partner_2.

The individual whose relationship with Partner_1 changes.

Any description of the event including secondary effects (quietly, loudly), and general descriptions comparing events (the same way). It may also indicate salient characteristics of the Partner_1 or Partners that also affect the action (presumptuously, coldly, deliberately, eagerly, carefully).

The action that Partner_1 or the Partners take in order to bring about the change in the relationship.

In the old days, a man could divorce his wife just by saying "I divorce you" three times.

Where the relationship is formed.
We married in a gazebo.

The state-of-affairs that the Partners or Partner_1 hope to bring about by changing their status.

The time when the relationship changes.

She married Stephen last summer.

Circumstances describe the state of the world (at a particular time and place) which is specifically independent of the event itself and any of its participants.

This FE indicates the Communicative_force or authority with which the Forming_relationship event operates (often denoted by words such as "officially," "formally," "technically," etc.).

A salient state of Partner_1, Partner_2, or Partners which affects the perception of the formation of relationship.

I befriended her unaware of her past|Dep.

The length of time that the changed relationship status lasts.

Ekaterina befriended him for a short while|Dur.

The Explanation denotes a proposition from which the main clause (headed by the target) logically follows.

How often the Forming_relationship event occurs.

The frame element 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.