Cause_emotion

Definition:

An Agent acts to cause a Experiencer to feel a certain emotion.

I was so OFFENDED by her behaviour towards me.

It does not matter if the cartoon is INSULTING to men.

FEs:

Core:
Agent [Age]
Semantic Type
Sentient
The Agent is the person who's action's cause an emotion in the Experiencer.

Event [Eve]
The Event is the occasion or happening that evokes emotions in the Experiencer. This Event occurs as the direct result of a sentient being's actions.

Experiencer [Exp]
The Experiencer feels an emotion as caused by the Agent.
       You will perhaps be AFFRONTED by my frankness
 
Non-Core:

Containing_event [Con]
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.

Degree [Deg]
This frame element selects some gradable attribute and modifies the expected value for it.
       I had mortally OFFENDED her.
 

Depictive [Dep]
This FE describes a participant of the state of affairs introduced by the target as being in some state during the action.

Event_description [Eve]
This FE describes the event as a whole, often as a VPing.

Explanation [Exp]
This FE describes the reason for the state of affairs described by the target.

Frequency [Fre]
This frame element is defined as the number of times an event occurs per some unit of time.

Instrument [Ins]
The tool used by the Agent to cause an emotion in the Experiencer.
       We will INSULT you with our compassion
 

Manner [Man]
In what way the Agent causes an emotion in the Experiencer.

Means [Mea]
An act performed by anAgent that enables them to act upon the Experiencer.

Medium []
Medium is the physical or abstract setting in which the Agent causes the Experiencer to feel an emotion.

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.

Period_of_iterations [Dur]
For how long instances of an Agent causing the Patient an emotion has repeatedly occured.

Time [Tim]
When the Agent causes emotion in the Experiencer.

Type [Typ]
Type designates the kind of emotion that the Agent causes the Experiencer to have.

Inherits From:
Is Inherited By:
Subframe of:
Has Subframes:
Precedes:
Is Preceded by:
Uses:
Is Used By:
Perspective on:
Is perspectivized in:
Is Causative of: Experiencer_focus
See Also:

Lexical Units

Created by kmcguire on Thu Mar 13 18:14:14 CET 2008