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Practice [agentive]
An Agent enacts an Action that is intended to be performed again at one or more later Occasions. The goal of practicing is to ensure that the action at the later Occasion(s) comes off flawlessly.
I practiced my song for the play.
I practiced my song for the play.
Properties
- ID
- #962
- Entry
- frm_practice
- Namespace
- Eventive.Agentive
- FrameNet version
- Practice (fn_1.7_2023)
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- English name
- Practice
Core Frame Elements (3)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
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| Action |
This FE identifies the Action that the Agent performs intentionally in order to prepare for a later Occasion.
Little Dieter practiced playing the piano all day. |
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| Agent |
The Agent performs the Action in preparation for later performances of the same type.
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sentient
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| Occasion |
The later enactment or enactments that the Agent expects to perform. Note that the Agent does not have to have specific Occasions in mind. For our brother's wedding we had to rehearse the dinner twenty times.
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Peripheral Frame Elements (5)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
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| Manner |
Any description of the practicing which is not covered by more specific FEs, including secondary effects (quietly, loudly), and general descriptions comparing events (the same way). In addition, it may indicate salient characteristics of an Agent that also affect the Action (presumptuously, coldly, deliberately, eagerly, carefully).
We ran through the song at quarter speed. |
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manner
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| Means |
This FE identifies the Means by which an Agent practices.
We practiced the slam dunk by bouncing on a trampoline. |
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state_of_affairs
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| Place |
This FE identifies the place where the practicing occurs.
Our band practices on the football field. |
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locative_relation
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| Purpose |
This FE identifies the purpose for which an Agent performs an intentional act.
John practiced typing to receive a raise. |
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state_of_affairs
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| Time |
This FE identifies the time when the Agent practices.
We practiced the play on Tuesday. |
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time
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Extra-thematic Frame Elements (3)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
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| Co-participant |
A person who participates in a practice event along with the Agent.
Then I went back to rehearsing with the band while she sat around listening |
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| Duration |
The period of time during which an Action is repeatedly practiced.
The troupe rehearsed the ballet for 4 months|dur before going on tour. |
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duration
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| Iterations |
The number of times that the Action is practiced.
We practice this scene daily |
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Frame-Frame Relations (1)
Inheritance
Lexical Units (12)
| LU | Type | Definition |
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| drill.n | — | COD: instruction by means of repeated exercises. |
| dry run.n | — | COD: a rehearsal of a performance or procedure |
| exercise.n | — | COD: a task set to practise or test a skill. |
| mock.a | — | COD: imitation; pretended. |
| practice.n | — | FN: a session of practising |
| practice.n | — | COD: the action or process of practising |
| practice.v | — | COD: perform (an activity) or exercise (a skill) repeatedly or regularly in order to acquire, maintain, or improve proficiency in it |
| rehearsal.n | — | COD: a trial performance of a play or other work for later public performance |
| rehearsal.n | — | COD: the action or process of rehearsing. |
| rehearse.v | — | COD: practise (a play, piece of music, or other work) for later public performance |
| run-through.n | — | FN: discussing or enacting the pieces of a performance in order |
| run.v | — | FN: to discuss and/or enact the pieces of a performance in order. The PP headed by through instantiates the Action FE and is not omissible. |
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