Frame Report

An unresolved question over which the two sides of a hostile encounter are in disagreement.

They had a dust-up over who was prettier .

Quite often it takes the form of a covert question of various sorts. So in an example like:

They fought over the right to own land.

among many other possibilities, the covert question might be more explicitly phrased as follows:

They fought over what the right to own land means.

The desired result of the outcome of the hostile encounter for the Side_1 or for all the Sides collectively. It may either directly refer to the state of affairs that is desired, e.g.

He dueled with his former second to defend the honour of the man he had killed .

or it the state of affairs may be implicit in an (abstract or concrete) entity that they desire, e.g.

Rival Democratic presidential candidates Mr Bill Clinton and Mr Jerry Brown taunted each other at the weekend as mudslinging in the battle for votes in tomorrow's crucial New York primary reached a new low.

The jointly expressed sides in a hostile encounter.
They fought over the right to own land.

One of two participants in a hostile encounter.
While the U.S.'s battle with terrorist-harboring nations is far off ...

One of two participants in a hostile encounter, usually the second mentioned.
While the U.S.'s battle with terrorist-harboring nations is far off ...

The Degree|Degr to which an event occurs.

The amount of time for which a state holds or a process is ongoing.

The Instrument|Ins with which an intentional act is performed.

Any expression which describes a property of the hostile encounter. Descriptions of the intensity count as Manner|Manr expressions. After Brundle's Jaguar took off like a scalded cat, it was Mass who hunted it down, an soon engaged it in a lurid battle.

Means|Mns describes the way in which a side engages in a hostile encounter. President Corazon Aquino of the Philippines is bracing herself for a legal battle over her decision to allow the remains of the former president, Ferdinand Marcos, to be returned home from Hawaii for burial.

The location at which the hostile encounter takes place.

Following the battle of Naseby in 1645 ...

The Time at which the hostile encounter occurs.

Following the battle of Naseby in 1645 he died.

A Depictive|Dep phrase describing the actor of an action.

The Explanation for which an event occurs.

The body movement may be prompted by either some outside phenomenon or occurrence, or by an Internal Cause|ICause, the Agent's mental or emotional state. Internal Cause is expressed in a PP complement.

Expressions marked with this extra-thematic FE modify a non-iterative use of the target, and indicate that it is conceived as embedded within an iterated series of similar events or states.

The Result of an event.