| A Speaker communicates a message stating an Item's membership in a Category, i.e., asserts that the Item has the defining characteristics of the Category. Alternatively, the message is conceived as communicated by a Medium. | |
| Un grupo de investigadores CALIFICÓ al señor Zapatero como el nuevo "terminator" de la investigación científica en España. | |
| Los periódicos CATALOGARON a Zapatero como el peor presidente de la historia de la democracia española. | |
| Category [Cat] | The class of entities with characteristics that match those of the Item according to the portrayal of the Speaker. | |
| El presidente francés Jacques Chirac CALIFICÓ a Brown como «uno de los miembros más eminentes» de l gobierno de Bill Clinton. | ||
| Item [Ite] | The entity that the Speaker portrays as belonging to a Category. | |
| El arzobispo de Toledo y Primado de España, Francisco Álvarez, CATALOGÓ la pretendida ampliación de la ley del aborto como «una licencia para matar». | ||
| Medium [Med] | The piece of text in which a Speaker communicates their categorization of the Item. Medium is used both for metonimical Speakers as in (1), and for extra-thematic FEs as in (2). | |
| (1) Un libro para hombres separados CALIFICA a las mujeres de arañas , infieles y viudas derrochadoras. | ||
| (2) En una entrevista concedida al diario hebreo Yediot Hajaronot, Husein CALIFICÓ a Arafat como al «problema común» que comparten Israel y Jordania. | ||
| Speaker [Spe] Semantic Type Sentient | The individual that communates the message concerning the Category of an Item. | |
| Una famosa modelo CATALOGÓ recientemente a Nicholson como su «amante más sorprendente» . | ||
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| 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. | |
| Conditions [] | The circumstances under which the categorization is made. | |
| Criteria [] | The characteristics of an Item that fit the defining characteristics of a Category, and thus serve as the basis of the Speakers characterization of the Item. | |
| Manner [] Semantic Type Manner | Any description of the event which is not covered by more specific FEs, including epistemic modification (probably, presumably, mysteriously), secondary effects (quietly, loudly), and general descriptions comparing events (the same way). It may also indicate salient characteristics of a Speaker that also affect the action (presumptuously, coldly, deliberately, eagerly, carefully). | |
| Means [] Semantic Type State_of_affairs | An action taken by the Speaker through which they communicate that the Item fits into a particular Category. | |
| Place [] Semantic Type Locative_relation | The location at which the Speaker characterizes the Item | |
| Reason [Rea] | Why the cognition event takes place. | |
| Time [] Semantic Type Time | The point in time at which the Speaker makes a characterization of the Item. | |
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calificar.v, catalogar.v, definición.n, definir.v
Created by infinity on Fri Aug 15 19:43:51 CEST 2003