| An Agent initiates the beginning of an ongoing Activity in which he will be continuously involved. |
| Activity [Act] | This FE identifies the Activity that an Agent starts. | |
| Agent [Age] Semantic Type Sentient | This FE identifies the being that starts the intentional Activity. | |
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| Circumstances [Cir] | Circumstances describe the state of the world (at a particular time and place) which is specifically independent of the event itself and any of its participants. | |
| Concessive [Con] | This FE signifies that the state of affairs expressed by the main clause (containing the target) occurs or holds, and something other than that state of affairs would be expected given the state of affairs in the concessive clause. | |
| Consecutive [Cos] | A consecutive event to the starting of the Activity of the Agent. | |
| Containing_event [Coe] | This FE denotes an event that occurs or state of affairs that holds at a time that includes the time during which the event or state of affairs reported by the target occurs and of which it is taken to be a part. | |
| Depictive [Depict] | This FE identifies the Depictive phrase describing the actor or undergoer of an action. | |
| Epistemic_stance [] | This FE modifies the target to indicate the legal- or other domain within which it is true or operational. | |
| Event_description [Eve] | In general, this FE is used for phrases that describe the clause of the target as a whole. There are two somewhat distinct subgroups of sentence modifiers that cover this function. | |
| Explanation [Exp] Semantic Type State_of_affairs | 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. I | |
| Manner [Manr] Semantic Type Manner | This FE identifies the Manner in which an Agent starts an Activity. | |
| Means [Mns] Semantic Type State_of_affairs | This FE identifies the Means by which an Agent starts an Activity. | |
| Particular_iteration [Par] | 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. In addition, most expressions of Particular_iteration indicate which instance of the series is being referred to. | |
| Place [Place] Semantic Type Locative_relation | This FE identifies the Place where the Agent starts an Activity. | |
| Purpose [Purp] Semantic Type State_of_affairs | This FE identifies the Purpose for which an Agent engages in a starting Activity. | |
| Subevent [Sub] | This FE identifies the first Subevent of the started Activity. | |
| The peace march STARTED with a prayer. | ||
| Time [Time] Semantic Type Time | This FE identifies the Time when the Agent starts an Activity. | |
Inherits From: Process_start
Is Inherited By:
Subframe of: Activity
Has Subframes:
Precedes: Activity_ongoing
Is Preceded by: Activity_ready_state
Uses: Eventive_affecting
Is Used By:
Perspective on:
Is perspectivized in:
Is Causative of:
See Also:
Created by infinity on Thu Jun 28 16:19:24 CEST 2001