Cause_to_make_noise

Definition:

An Agent manipulates a Sound_maker or a Cause causes the Sound_maker to emit a sound.

The monks would RING the bell until sundown.

FEs:

Core:
Agent []
Semantic Type
Sentient
The individual that manipulates a Sound_maker so that it makes Noise.
       You can RING the bell as often as you'd like.
 

Cause []
The inanimate force of nature that causes the Sound_maker to produce noise.

Sound_maker []
The entity that produces the Noise, as a result of the action of the Agent.
Non-Core:

Depictive []
The state of one of the primary participants (either Agent or Sound_maker) during the course of the sound-making event.

Manner []
Semantic Type
Manner
Any description of the event which is not covered by more specific FEs, including epistemic modification (probably, presumably, mysteriously), force (hard, softly), secondary effects (quietly, loudly), and general descriptions comparing events (the same way). It may also indicate salient characteristics of an Agent that also affect the action (presumptuously, coldly, deliberately, eagerly, carefully).

Means []
Semantic Type
State_of_affairs
An action directly due to the Agent or Cause that results in the Sound_maker emitting noise..

Place [pla]
Semantic Type
Locative_relation
The location at which the sound is produced.

Purpose [pur]
Semantic Type
State_of_affairs
The state-of-affairs or action that the Agent wishes to bring about by performing the action.

Reason [rea]
Semantic Type
State_of_affairs
The change or state of affairs preceding the event, deemed to have caused the event.

Source []
Semantic Type
Source
The location from which the noise emanates toward an (implicit) perceiver.

Subregion []
Semantic Type
Locative_relation
The Subregion is the sublocation of the Sound_maker from which the sound is emitting.

Time [tim]
Semantic Type
Time
The time at which the noise is produced.

Inherits From: Transitive_action
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Is Causative of: Make_noise
See Also: Make_noise

Lexical Units

Created by infinity on Tue Aug 19 16:37:15 CEST 2003