Expectation

Definition:

Words in this frame have to do with a Cognizer believing that some Phenomenon will take place in the future. Some words in the frame (e.g. prever 'foresee') indicate that the Phenomenon is asserted also to be true, while others do not.

Damon ESPERABA llegar a un acuerdo.

En vista de las últimas tendencias, cabe ESPERAR que se produzca un avance en la ropa de invierno. INI

FEs:

Core:

Cognizer [Cog]
Semantic Type
Sentient
This is the person who believes some Phenomenon will take place in the future. It is normally expressed as an External Argument:
       Max perdió la ESPERANZA de que la Universidad española pudiera ser eficiente y competitiva en el futuro.
 

Phenomenon [Phe]
This is what the Cognizer believes will happen in the future. It can be expressed as a Finite Clause Complement, a VP Complement, or an NP Object:
       Teníamos el PRESENTIMIENTO de que nos iban a atacar aquella noche.
 
       ESPERABA volver a verla pronto.
 
       Los socialistas PRESENTÍAN la catástrofe que se cernía sobre su partido.
  NO BORRAR. PASAR ESTE COMENTARIO A LOS VERBOS DE PERCEPCION: VER, OIR, SENTIR Y VERBOS CAUSATIVOS: HACER, DEJAR (cf. Subirats 1987):

Topic [Top]
An entity that serves as the focus of a predicted Phenomenon.
       PREDICTIONS about stock prices are notoriously undependable.
 
Non-Core:
Category [Cat]
This frame element expresses a general type or class of which the Phenomenon is considered an instance. Typically, it is expressed in a prepositional phrase headed by como (as).
       Se PREVÉ un importante descenso del consumo como reacción a la caída generalizada de los mercados financieros.
 

Circumstances [Cir]
This FE marks the set of conditions under which the cognition occurs.
       En el ambiente general del Congreso, se PRESENTÍA de nuevo otro pacto entre los partidos perdedores.
 

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.
       Aun cuando queden entradas por vender, se PRESIENTE que esta Eurocopa tendrá un gran éxito.
 

Degree [Deg]
Semantic Type
Degree
Degree to which event occurs.

Depictive [Dep]
Depictive phrase describing the actor of an action.
       Espero con enorme interés poder trabajar con él.
 
       We AWAITED the lunar eclipse sitting atop a hill.
 

Dimension [Dim]
This FE marks constituents which express a property of the Phenomenon.
       Se trata de una variabilidad predecible en los rendimientos de los activos.
 
       Es una película PREDECIBLE en todas sus escenas.
 
       El comportamiento de los asesinos en serie no es PREDECIBLE en todos sus aspectos.
 

Domain [Dom]
The aspects of the Eventuality (or Topic) which are predicted.
       El vidente hizo ayer sus PREDICCIONES astrológicas para el año 1997.
 

Evidence [Evi]
Words in this frame may occur with a PP headed by from which expresses the Evidence on which knowledge or belief is based:.
       I have LEARNED from experience that poison oak can be painful.
 

Explanation [Exp]
The Explanation FE denotes a proposition from which the main clause (headed by the target) logically follows. This often means that the Explanation causes the state of affairs expressed by the target, but not in all cases. In particular, there are cases where the connection is a bit weaker than normal for causation. In these instances, cause is mediated by some actor responding in a complex way to the situation; such a sentences are not at all paraphrasable in the language of direct causation.
       En vista de las últimas tendencias, cabe ESPERAR que se produzca un avance significativo en el transcurso de los primeros meses del año próximo.
 

Focal_participant [Foc]
The Focal_participant FE denotes an entity which is related or affected by the event denoted by the target.
       Del automóvil blindado A6, se ESPERA vender entre 30 y 40 unidades durante el próximo año.
 

Manner [Man]
Semantic Type
Manner
This FE Manner identifies the way in which the Cognizer believes that the Phenomenon is going to take place in the future.
       ESPERO fervientemente que te den el premio que tanto asías.
 

Means [Mea]
The Means by which the Phenomenon affects the Cognizer.
       Con este estudio, se ESPERA corregir el crecimiento del área industrial de las ciudades.
 

Place [Pla]
Semantic Type
Locative_relation
The FE Place denotes the place where the event takes place.
       Horas después de conocerse los catastróficos resultados electorales, en la sede de l partido, se PRESENTÍA que iban a rodar cabezas.
 

Purpose [Pur]
This is the purpose for which an agentive action is carried out.
       La alianza PREVÉ llegar a la constitución de una empresa mixta para competir en los concursos de obras públicas.
 

Reason [Rea]
A state of affairs the Cognizer is responding to in performing the action indicated by the target.
       La guerrilla de Chiapas era PREVISIBLE por las condiciones en que viven los indígenas de esa zona
 

Time [Tim]
Semantic Type
Time
The FE Time refers to when the event takes place.
       Horas después de conocerse los catastróficos resultados electorales, en la sede de l partido, se PRESENTÍA que iban a rodar cabezas.
 

Inherits From: Awareness
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Has Subframes:
Precedes:
Is Preceded by:
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Is Used By: Predicting
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Is perspectivized in:
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Lexical Units

esperar.v, esperarse.v, impredecible.a, predecible.a, premonición.n, presentimiento.n, presentir.v, presunción.n, prever.v, previsible.a

Created by wooters on Wed Feb 07 16:11:56 CET 2001