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Frugality [gradable]
The words of this frame describe how a Resource_controller spends money or other Resources for a particular purpose . They can be applied to the Resource_controller or to their Behavior in particular instances. These words indicate a judgment of how conservatively the Resource_controller guards their Resource.
Margeret has always been penny-wise.
Bill squanders his money.
To spend the surplus now would be needlessly profligate .
Margeret has always been penny-wise.
Bill squanders his money.
To spend the surplus now would be needlessly profligate .
Properties
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- #84
- Entry
- frm_frugality
- Namespace
- Attribute.Gradable
- FrameNet version
- Frugality (fn_1.7_2023)
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- English name
- Frugality
Core Frame Elements (3)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
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| Behavior |
Some specific Behavior may be described as frugal or extravagant, rather than attributing the characteristic directly to the Resource_controller.
It's thrifty of Jo to re-use teabags. |
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| Resource |
This FE is the resource which the Resource_controller expends. Pat is wasteful with her time.
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| Resource_controller |
The Resource_controller is the individual whose frugality or generosity is being described. Person typically occurs as the External Argument or, in some cases when Behavior is also expressed, in an of-PP:
Jo is very frugal. It was frugal of Jo not to pay for dinner. |
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FE Core Set(s) and Excludes
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Behavior
Resource_controller
Peripheral Frame Elements (2)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
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| Degree |
This FE identifies the Degree to which a Resource_controller is frugal or profligate.
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| Judge |
The individual whose point of view is taken in assigning the judgment denoted by the target.
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Frame-Frame Relations (1)
Inheritance
Lexical Units (22)
| LU | Type | Definition |
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| austere.a | — | COD: lacking comforts, luxuries, or adornment. |
| austerity.n | — | FN: severity or strictness in appearance or manner. |
| economical.a | — | COD: sparing in the use of resources or money. |
| economy.n | — | FN: careful use of money and resources. |
| extravagant.a | — | COD: lacking restraint in spending money or using resources. |
| frugal.a | — | COD: sparing or economical as regards money or food. |
| frugality.n | — | FN: the quality or state of being economical as regards money or food. |
| husband.v | — | COD: use (resources) economically. |
| parsimonious.a | — | FN: exhibiting properties of parsimony |
| parsimony.n | — | COD: extreme unwillingness to spend money or use resources. |
| penny-wise.a | — | COD: careful to save small amounts of money |
| profligacy.n | — | FN: reckless extravagance or wastefulness |
| profligate.a | — | COD: recklessly extravagant or wasteful. |
| scrimp.v | — | COD: be thrifty or parsimonious; economize. |
| sparing.a | — | FN: spending or using only moderate amounts of money or resources. |
| spartan.a | — | COD: showing the indifference to comfort or luxury traditionally associated with ancient Sparta |
| spendthrift.n | — | COD: a person who spends money in an extravagant, irresponsible way. |
| squander.v | — | COD: waste in a reckless or foolish manner |
| thrift.n | — | COD: the quality of being careful and not wasteful with money and other resources |
| thrifty.a | — | COD: careful and prudent with money. |
| waste.v | — | COD: use carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose |
| wasteful.a | — | COD: using or expending something carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose. |
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