Cogitation

Definition:

A person, the Cognizer, thinks about a Topic over a period of time. What is thought about may be a course of action that the person might take, or something more general.

El jurado comenzó ayer sus DELIBERACIONES sobre el destino del acusado.

FEs:

Core:

Cognizer [Cog]
Semantic Type
Sentient
The Cognizer is the sentient being that thinks about a Topic over a period of time. With a target verb, the Cognizer is usually expressed as an External.
       Los especialistas REFLEXIONARON ampliamente sobre esta cuestión.
  With a target noun, the Cognizer is typically expressed as the External of a support verb, as a possessor, or in a PP.
       Kant realizó una REFLEXIÓN profunda sobre el conocimiento.
 
       Su REFLEXIÓN sobre el tema no fue tenida en cuenta.
 
       Las DELIBERACIONES del tribunal sobre este caso se han mantenido en secreto.
 

Topic [Top]
The Topic FE denotes the entity that a Cognizer is thinking about over a period of time. With a target verb, the Topic is usually expressed as a PP, a wh sentence, or a si 'if' complement.
       Desde hace unos años, REFLEXIONA a menudo sobre su historia personal. ECNI
 
       Me he pasado años PENSANDO en qué me equivoqué.
 
       Antes de emitir el veredicto, el juez debe CONSIDERAR si hubo una voluntad premeditada de causarle un daño a la víctima o no.
 
Non-Core:
Co_participant [Co_]
Co_participant is an entity that participates in a coordinated way in the same cognition event as the Cognizer.
       El secretario de Estado y el director de la CIA proseguieron sus DELIBERACIONES sobre el tema con las autoridades israelíes.
 

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. In other words, given only the facts of the Concessive, one would expect them to cause the world to be the opposite of what is portrayed in the main clause.
       Tienes que PENSAR en ello, aunque te resulte duro y difícil.
 

Containing_event [Cont]
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.
       Hay que 1 múltiples aspectos en este enfrentamiento: el poĺítico, el económico y el religioso.
 

Degree [Degr]
Semantic Type
Degree
The FE Degree indicates the degree to which the cognizing occurs.
       Después de MEDITARlo mucho, finalmente rechazó su oferta.
 

Depictive [Dep]
Any phrase or word that caracterizes the External or the Object of the cogitation event.
       No sabía cómo solucionar el problema y ESTUVO MEDITANDO un buen rato con las manos en la cabeza.
 

Duration [Dur]
The Duration is the amount of time for which the cogitation event occurs.
       ESTUVO MEDITANDO su propuesta durante unos minutos, pero finalmente no la aceptó.
 

Manner [Man]
Semantic Type
Manner
The FE Manner indicates the way in which the cognizing is being done.
       Tras conocer la noticia, se quedó MEDITANDO unos minutos tranquilamente.
 

Means [Mns]
Semantic Type
State_of_affairs
An intentional action performed by the Cognizer that makes them able to cogitate.

Medium [Medium]
The physical or abstract setting in which the Cognizer considers the Topic.
       Over the telephone, Frank PONDERED telling Maria about the fire.
 

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.
       REFLEXIONABA a menudo sobre su historia personal.
 

Place []
Where the cogitation event occurs.

Purpose [Pur]

Reason [Rea]
This FE identifies why the cogitation event takes place.
       REFLEXIONÓ de nuevo sobre esta oferta de compra, dada la delicada situación de la empresa.
 

Result [Result]
Result of an event.

Time [Tim]
When the cogitation event occurs.
       Durante la reunión, los empresarios volvieron a REFLEXIONAR sobre la cuestión.
 

Inherits From:
Is Inherited By: Assessing, Memorization
Subframe of:
Has Subframes:
Precedes:
Is Preceded by:
Uses: Mental_activity
Is Used By: Research
Perspective on:
Is perspectivized in:
Is Causative of:
See Also:

Lexical Units

considerar.v, deliberación.n, deliberar.v, meditar.v, pensar.v, reflexionar.v, reflexión.n

Created by wooters on Wed Feb 07 16:11:54 CET 2001