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Cause_expansion [agentive]
An Agent or non-human Cause causes an Item to change its physical size. The Size_change of an Item may be explicitly indicated or characterized in terms of Initial_size and/or Result_size. In the default case, expansion is along all dimensions, but sometimes the Dimension of expansion is incorporated or made explicit.
If the design crashes too often, then try lengthening the wings by a few centimeters, to perhaps 30cm total. CNI INI
As the juice churned with natural process of changing into wine, the gas it created would expand the balloon, and when the balloon eventually deflated, it was ready to drink.
If the design crashes too often, then try lengthening the wings by a few centimeters, to perhaps 30cm total. CNI INI
As the juice churned with natural process of changing into wine, the gas it created would expand the balloon, and when the balloon eventually deflated, it was ready to drink.
Properties
- ID
- #77
- Entry
- frm_cause_expansion
- Namespace
- Eventive.Agentive
- FrameNet version
- Cause_expansion (fn_1.7_2023)
- Domains
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- Types
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- Ontological type
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- English name
- Cause_expansion
Core Frame Elements (3)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
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| Agent |
With some words in this frame, an Agent who causes the change in size of the Item may be present. The Agent typically occurs as the External Argument of a verb.
Management|Agt expanded the company. |
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sentient
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| Cause |
The Cause is a non-human entity which brings about the change in size.
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| Item |
The Item is frequently the External Argument of verbs or the NP Object if an Agent is expressed.
The company expanded. Management expanded the company. |
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FE Core Set(s) and Excludes
Excludes
Agent
Cause
Peripheral Frame Elements (11)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
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| Dimension |
Change of size may be limited to or described in terms of a single Dimension.
The image was enlarged in height|Dim. The machinist narrowed the tube by 6 inches in diameter|Dim. |
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| Initial_size |
Initial_size is rarely expressed without Result_size also being explicit. Initial_size generally occurs in a PP-from Complement.
The glacier shrank from 1km square|Initial to 400 square meters. |
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| Instrument |
This FE identifies the Instrument with which the Agent causes the expansion of the Item.
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physical_entity
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| Manner |
This FE identifies the Manner of performing an action.
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manner
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| Means |
This FE identifies the Means by which the Agent brings about the expansion of the Item.
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state_of_affairs
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| Place |
This FE identifies the Place where the Agent cause the expansion of the Item.
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locative_relation
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| Purpose |
This FE identifies the Purpose for which the Agent causes the expansion of the Item.
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state_of_affairs
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| Rate |
Rate identifies the rate of change of the value.
The balloon inflates about 2 cubic cm a minute. |
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| Result_size |
Result_size is typically expressed in a PP Complement headed by to.
I grow vegetables until they weigh 25 pounds|Result. |
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| Size_change |
Size_change identifies the amount by which the size of an Item changes.
A 2-3cm|Sizec expansion in width is required. |
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| Time |
This FE identifies the Time when the Agent causes the Item to expand.
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time
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Extra-thematic Frame Elements (4)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Co-variable |
The feature that the size of the Item is varied in step with.
I narrowed the viewport with the increasing glare|Co_Var. |
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| Elapsed_time |
The Elapsed_time is the amonut of time in which the change occurs.
The sun would shrink to a point in a matter of minutes. |
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| Explanation |
The Explanation denotes a proposition from which the main clause (headed by the target) logically follows. This often means that the Explanation causes the target's proposition, but not in all cases.
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state_of_affairs
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| Group |
This FE identifies the Group in which an Item changes size.
Tails lengthened 10% among rats more than 3 days old|Grp. |
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Frame-Frame Relations (2)
Causative
Inheritance
Lexical Units (24)
| LU | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| aggrandizement.n | — | FN: the result of causing something to seem greater. |
| augmentation.n | — | FN: the action of augmenting. |
| blow up.v | — | COD: inflate or enlarge something. |
| compress.v | — | FN: to press together or condense |
| compression.n | — | FN: the act of compressing, or state of being compressed |
| condense.v | — | FN: to make more dense or compact |
| contraction.n | — | COD: the process of contracting [decreasing in size, number, or range]. |
| dilate.v | — | FN: make wider, larger, or more open. |
| enlarge.v | — | COD: make or become bigger. |
| enlargement.n | — | FN: to act of causing something to grow larger |
| expand.v | — | FN: to cause something to become larger in any dimension |
| expansion.n | — | COD: the action or an instance of expanding. |
| grow.v | — | FN: cause to increase in size |
| growth.n | — | FN: the act of getting bigger |
| inflate.v | — | COD: to expand or cause to expand by filling with air or gas. |
| lengthen.v | — | COD: make or become longer. |
| magnification.n | — | COD: making appear larger than it is |
| magnify.v | — | COD: make (something) appear larger than it is, especially with a lens or microscope. |
| narrow.v | — | COD: to become narrower |
| reduction.n | — | COD: the action or fact of reducing something. |
| shrink.v | — | COD: become or make smaller in size or amount; contract |
| stretch.v | — | FN: cause something to increase in surface area often by pulling apart from opposite sides. |
| swell.v | — | FN: to make an entity greater size |
| widen.v | — | COD: make or become wider. |
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