WT 4.6

Searching frames

A Device or machine is in (or out of) service. Note that being broken or functional is a separate issue from being turned on or off. This latter notion is what the present frame is concerned with.
The Time when and the Place where the Device is in use may be specified, as may be the Purpose a backgrounded human User had in turning the Device on or off.

The TV is on
The lights were off when I came by.

ID: #880
Entry: frm_being_in_operation
Namespace: State
FrameNet version: Being_in_operation (fn_1.7_2023)
Domains: —
Types: —
Ontological type: —
English name: Being_in_operation

Core Frame Elements
Frame element	Definition	Semantic type	Constraint
Device	The Device or machine that is in or out of operation. Lights were on in the primary school	—	—

Peripheral Frame Elements
Frame element	Definition	Semantic type	Constraint
Duration	Duration denotes the length of time from the beginning of a continuous situation (the one denoted by the target) to its end.	—	—
Place	The Place in which the Device is or is not operating. Lights were on on the Kingston road bridge.	locative_relation	—
Time	The Time when a Device is in or out of operation. I do n't want to turn round cos the lights are on at the moment	time	—

Causative

Causative relations
Has as causative Change_operational_state FE-FE

Inheritance

Inheritance relations
Inherits from State FE-FE

Using

Using relations
Uses Gizmo FE-FE

Lexical units of this frame
LU	Type	Definition
off.prep	—	COD: (of an electrical appliance or power supply) not functioning or so as to cease to function.
on.prep	—	FN: (of an electrical appliance or system): being functioning
operate.v	—	FN: (of an artifact or machine) be active.
operational.a	—	FN: be in use, active.

Frame Chain

TQR

Visual Units

None.

No visual units

This frame has no visual-unit images.

Frame Report

Being_in_operation [state]

Properties

Core Frame Elements (1)

Peripheral Frame Elements (3)

Frame-Frame Relations (3)

Causative

Inheritance

Using

Lexical Units (4)