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Telling [agentive]
A Speaker addresses an Addressee with a Message, which may be indirectly referred to as a Topic. Instead of (or in addition to) a Speaker, a Medium may also be mentioned.
I told him about the party.
I told him about the party.
Properties
- ID
- #750
- Entry
- frm_telling
- Namespace
- Eventive.Agentive
- FrameNet version
- Telling (fn_1.7_2023)
- Domains
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- Types
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- Ontological type
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- English name
- Telling
Core Frame Elements (5)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
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| Addressee |
The Addressee receives the Message from the Speaker.
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category
sentient
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— |
| Medium |
This FE is the Medium in which the Message is expressed.
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| Message |
The Message is the communication produced by the Speaker.
The authorities informed me that my brother had been arrested. I told him a bedtime story. |
category
message
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— |
| Speaker |
The Speaker is the sentient entity that produces the Message.
Bill told me that he would come to the party. |
category
sentient
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| Topic |
The Topic is a general description of the content of the Message.
Leroy told his mother about his arrest. |
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FE Core Set(s) and Excludes
CoreSet
Message
Topic
CoreSet
Medium
Speaker
Peripheral Frame Elements (4)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manner |
The Manner describes the way in which the Speaker delivers the Message.
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category
manner
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— |
| Means |
The Means describes the way the Speaker accomplishes the task of giving the Addressee the Message.
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category
state_of_affairs
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| Place |
Place is the location in which the Speaker informs the Addressee of the Message.
She looked at it for a few moments, thinking of Mark Smeaton and what he had told her on the steps of City Hall. |
category
locative_relation
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| Time |
The Time during which the Speaker informs the Addressee of the Message.
Even when we had a size problem they informed me right away and everything worked out great. |
category
time
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Extra-thematic Frame Elements (3)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Communicative_force |
This FE indicates the Communicative_force|Cf or authority with which the Message is expressed. This FE is often denoted by words such as "officially," "formally," "technically," etc.
She has yet to receive official|Cf notification. |
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| Descriptor |
This FE identifies a characteristic or description of the telling event.
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| Iterations |
The FE 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.
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Frame-Frame Relations (3)
Lexical Units (11)
| LU | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| advise.v | — | FN: recommend, inform |
| apprise.v | — | COD: inform; tell |
| assurance.n | — | COD: a positive declaration intended to give confidence |
| assure.v | — | COD: tell someone something positively in order to dispel potential doubts. |
| brief.v | — | FN: give a summary. |
| confide.v | — | COD: tell someone about a secret or private matter in confidence |
| inform.v | — | COD: give facts or information to |
| let know.x | — | FN: tell (someone) by language or some other means. |
| notification.n | — | FN: notifying, informing, typically in a formal or official manner |
| notify.v | — | COD: inform, typically in a formal or official manner. |
| tell.v | — | COD: communicate information to. |
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