Commitment

Definition:

A Speaker makes a commitment to an Addressee to carry out some future action. This may be an action desirable (as with prometer 'promise') or not desirable (as with amenazar 'threaten') to the Addressee. Some of the words in this frame allow an Addressee to be expressed.

Me PROMETISTE que me harías un regalo. ECNI

Los dirigentes sindicales les AMENAZARON con endurecer las medidas de presión.. DNI

FEs:

Core:

Addressee [Add]
Semantic Type
Sentient
The Speaker's commitment can be made to an Addressee. With those words which allow this frame element to be expressed, Addressee usually occurs as an Indirect Object of verbal target or as a PP Complement of nominal targets.
       Les PROMETIÓ que les devolvería el dinero que le habian prestado.
 

Message [Mes]
Semantic Type
Message
An index expression of the commitment made by the Speaker expresses the frame element Message. Message is expressed as a finite or non-finite clausal Complement or an NP Object.
       Me PROMETIERON que nos llamarían al llegar.
 
       El ejército israelí AMENAZÓ con disparar contra cualquier vehículo sospechoso.
 
       El nuevo presidente mantuvo su PROMESA de un referéndum sobre las instituciones europeas.
 

Speaker [Spe]
Semantic Type
Sentient
The Speaker is the person who commits him/herself to do something. The Speaker is usually the External Argument of predicative uses of the target or the PP Complement modifier of a noun target.
       Los ministros islámicos AMENAZARON con castigar a sus enemigos.
 

Topic [Top]
Topic expressions are not very frequent in this frame. They can occur with noun targets.
       Yeltsin ha formulado una serie de PROMESAS sobre los gastos económicos del país.
 
Non-Core:
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.
       Los políticos suelen hacer muchas PROMESAS durante una campaña electoral.
 

Circumstances [Cir]
The FE Circumstances describes the state of the world (at a particular time and place) which is specifically independent of the event evoked by the target and any of its participants. This breaks down into two major uses: phrases expressing prevailing physical conditions, and phrases expressing concurrent states of affairs which are neither Re_encodings (that is, larger events of which the event expressed by the target is part), nor properties predicated of a participant of the frame evoked by the target.
       En relación con este dramático acontecimiento, el presidente SE COMPROMETIÓ a actuar con la máxima dureza contra los responsables.
 

Concessive [Conc]
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.
       No cumplió sus PROMESAS, a pesar de este punto estaba en el programa política..
 

Condition [Con]
The condition under which a communication event applies.
       Ibrahim AMENAZÓ con hacer saltar el avión por los aires, si el aparato no se desviaba a Miami.
 

Degree [Deg]
The FE Degree denotes the degree to which the commitment is made.

Depictive [Dep]
This FE describes a participant of the state of affairs introduced by the target as being in some state during the action. The depicted state does not necessarily or usually facilitate or cause the state of affairs reported by the target.
       El presidente SE COMPROMETIÓ a defender la nación, mostrando en todo momento una actitud firme y decidida.
 

Manner [Man]
Semantic Type
Manner
Manner of performing an action.
       El ejecutivo SE COMPROMETIÓ públicamente a que el subsidio agrario no se utilizará como arma política.
 

Means [Mea]
The means by which assessment occurs.
       Clinton PROMETIÓ honrar a las víctimas, continuando la lucha contra la violencia.
 

Medium [Med]
As with other coomunication frames, the Medium of communication may be expressed. Medium is the physical entity or channel used to transmit the Message.
       En el documento, ambos políticos SE COMPROMETIERON a facilitar el control internacional de la retirada de tropas.
 

Place [Pla]
Semantic Type
Locative_relation
The location where the assessing takes place.
       Nosotros JURAMOS lealtad a la raza blanca en un lugar secreto de Stone Mountain.
 

Purpose [Pur]
Semantic Type
State_of_affairs
This is the purpose for which an agentive action is carried out.
       Las autoridades SE COMPROMETERÁN con ellos para surtirles de energía eléctrica.
 

Re_encoding [Re_]
This FE presents the current frame as an integral part of a larger conceptualization expressed by another frame. The frame expressed by the target typically corresponds to a Means action within the frame expressed by the Re_encoding, but not necessarily.
       El presidente SE COMPROMETIÓ a solucionar el problema, afirmando que doblaría los recursos destinados a universidades y educación.
 

Reason [Rea]
The FE Reason denotes a state of affairs the Speaker is responding to in performing the action indicated by the target
       AMENAZARON de muerte a unos individuos, por haberles filmado clandestinamente en un prostíbulo.
 

Time [Tim]
Semantic Type
Time
The FE Time refers to the time when the event takes place.
       El director de Televisión Española SE COMPROMETIÓ ayer a potenciar la programación infantil de calidad.
 

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Uses: Communication
Is Used By: Make_agreement_on_action
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Lexical Units

amenaza.n, amenazar.v, comprometerse.v, jurar.v, promesa.n, prometer.v

Created by wooters on Wed Feb 07 16:11:59 CET 2001