Cause_impact

Definition:

An Agent causes an Impactor to make sudden, forcible contact with an Impactee, or manipulates two (or more) Impactors so that they make mutual forcible contact.

He SLAMMED his fist down on the table and bellowed something unintelligible.

FEs:

Core:
Agent [Agt]
Semantic Type
Sentient
The Agent causes an impact.
       One juggler was HITTING the ceiling with every other ball.
 

Cause [Cau]
The Cause marks expressions that indicate some non-intentional, typically non-human, force that causes an Impactor to make sudden, forcible contact with an Impactee.
       A violent explosionRATTLED the windows.
 

Impactee [Imp2]
The Impactee is the entity which is hit by the Impactor.
       What I want to know is who SMACKED my head with a 10-ton truck?
 
       He SLAMMED the lid down on the top of the jar so hard that it broke.
 

Impactor [Imp1]
The Impactor is the entity that hits the Impactee because of the Agent's efforts.
       Those hoodlums STRIKE my car with water balloons every day!
 
       Well, then he just RAN the car right into the wall.
 

Impactors [Imps]
The Impactors are the multiple entities that collide.
       Mr. Addams likes to COLLIDE toy trains at high speed.
 
Non-Core:

Force [Frc]
The Force is the amount of force in the course of the impact.
       He SMACKED the bat hard against the wall.
 

Instrument [Ins]
Semantic Type
Physical_entity
This FE identifies the Instrument with which an Agent intentionally affects an Impactee.

Manner [Manr]
Semantic Type
Manner
The FE Manner identifies the manner in which an Agent intentionally affects a Impactee.
       They ` hot-wired " a prison van and repeatedly RAMMED it into a security gate.
 

Means [Mns]
Semantic Type
State_of_affairs
The FE Means identifies the means by which an Agent intentionally affects a Impactee.

Period_of_iterations [P_it]
This FE identifies the Period_of_iterations during which the Agent repeatedly causes impacts.

Place [Place]
Semantic Type
Locative_relation
Where the event takes place.
       Father Shanahan , of Rushey Mead , Leicester , RAMMED his Datsun into another car on the way to the city 's Gilroes cemetery.
 

Purpose [Purp]
Semantic Type
State_of_affairs
The FE Purpose identifies the purpose for which an Agent intentionally affects the Impactee.

Result [Result]
This FE identifies the Result of the impact.
       I SLAMMED the door shut.
 

Speed [Speed]
Semantic Type
Speed
This FE indicates the Speed of the Impactor (or Impactors at impact.
       The statue was RAMMED into the wall at 30 mph--a bit faster than John could have hurled it.
 

Subregion [Sub_l]
Semantic Type
Locative_relation
Subregion identifies the part of the larger whole which was hit.
       The gunman GRAZED him on his left temple.
 
       She STRUCK him hard across the left cheek with the flat of her hand.
 

Time [Time]
Semantic Type
Time
This FE identifies the Time when the impact occurs.
       A postman RAMMED his Fiat Panda into a getaway car after spotting the burglars .
 

Inherits From: Transitive_action
Is Inherited By:
Subframe of:
Has Subframes: Impact
Precedes:
Is Preceded by:
Uses:
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Is perspectivized in:
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See Also: Make_noise

Lexical Units

Created by infinity on Wed Aug 14 11:51:50 CEST 2002