| An Entity is declared to exist, generally irrespective of its position or even the possibility of its position being specified. Time, Duration, Inherent_purpose, and State may also be mentioned. This frame is to be contrasted with Presence, which describes the existence of an Entity in a particular (and salient) spacio-temporal context, and which also entails the presense of an observer who can detect the existence of the Entity in that context. | |
| Finally, Poland ceased to EXIST as a state for hundreds of years. | |
| Such laws EXIST to prevent exactly this kind of fraud. | |
| THERE IS a Santa Claus! | |
| Entity [Ent] | Some entity, abstract or concrete, which is stated to exist. | |
Non-Core: | ||
| Cause [Cause] | A situation, force, or entity which brings about the existence of the Entity. | |
| Circumstances [Circumstances] | Circumstances marks expressions that indicate a set of conditions under which the Entity is declared to exist | |
| Concessive [] | 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. | |
| Depictive [] | This FE describes a participant of the state of affairs introduced by the target as being in some state during the action. | |
| Duration [Dur] Semantic Type Duration | The period during which the Entity exists. | |
| Inherent_purpose [Use] | The reason why the Entity exists. Generally, this is more specifically the reason why the Entity was made. | |
| Place [Place] Semantic Type Locative_relation | Where the Entity exists. | |
| Point_of_view [pov] | The perspective of an individual who judges whether they consider the Entity (or further state of affairs) to exist or not. | |
| For him, THERE 'S just too much drink in the world. | ||
| State [] | The condition that the Entity exists in. | |
| Natural electricity EXISTS in many forms: in storms, solar wind, and nerve impulses. | ||
| Time [Time] Semantic Type Time | A time at which the entity is in existence. | |
Inherits From: State
Is Inherited By:
Subframe of: Cycle_of_existence_scenario
Has Subframes:
Precedes:
Is Preceded by: Coming_to_be
Uses:
Is Used By: Locative_relation
Perspective on:
Is perspectivized in:
Is Causative of:
See Also:
Created by infinity on Wed Apr 16 18:14:35 CEST 2003