| This frame describes an Agent's gathering of Individuals (people or entities) into a group, the Aggregate, defined by relative proximity. | |
| The police GATHERED the suspects into a line-up. | |
| Compare this frame with Congregating, and contrast it with Amalgamating. | |
| Agent [Agt] Semantic Type Sentient | Agent is the person who gathers Individuals. | |
| The police GATHERED the suspects into a lineup. | ||
| Aggregate [Agg] | This FE identifies the aggregate that results from the gathering. It may be expressed either as an adjunct result phrase or as a direct object of a target verb. | |
| The police GATHERED the suspects into a line-up. | ||
| He AMASSED a collection of shiny bits of tin foil. | ||
| Individuals [Indiv] | This FE identifies the entities that come together to form an Aggregate. | |
| The police GATHERED the suspects into a line-up. | ||
Non-Core: | ||
| Co_participant [] | The Co_participant participates in a coordinated way in the same event as the primary protagonist. | |
| Containing_event [] | This FE denotes an event that occurs or state of affairs that holds at a time that includes the time during which the Gathering_up event occurs and of which it is taken to be a part. | |
| Frequency [] | This frame element is defined as the number of times the Gathering_up event occurs per some unit of time. | |
| Goal [] | Goal designates the location where the Individuals might end up. | |
| Instrument [Ins] Semantic Type Physical_entity | An Instrument that the Agent uses to gather the Individuals together. | |
| Native Americans GATHERED these bulbs with specially whittled and fired digging sticks | ||
| Manner [Manr] Semantic Type Manner | The way in which the Individuals are gathered up. | |
| Sue ASSEMBLED the team quickly | ||
| Means [Mns] Semantic Type State_of_affairs | An act performed by the Agent that accomplishes the gathering. | |
| Path [] | The Path is the trajectory of motion that the Individuals take. | |
| Place [Place] Semantic Type Locative_relation | This FE identifies the place where the gathering event occurs. He ASSEMBLED the children in the hall. | |
| Purpose [] | The state of affairs that the Agent is attempting to bring about by gathering. | |
| Source [] | The Source is the location where the Individuals are at the beginning of the gathering event. | |
| Time [Time] Semantic Type Time | This FE identifies the time when the gathering event occurs, if specified. The crowd assembled at dawn. | |
Inherits From: Intentionally_affect
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Uses: Cause_motion
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Is perspectivized in:
Is Causative of: Congregating
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Created by acwright on Tue Jan 22 12:29:56 CET 2002