Obligation_scenario

Definition:

Under some, usually implicit, Condition a Duty needs to be fulfilled by a Responsible_party. If the Duty is not performed, there may be some undesirable social Consequence for the Responsible_party. This Consequence may or may not be stated overtly.
Semantic Type
Non-Lexical Frame

FEs:

Core:

Duty [Duty]
The action that the Responsible_party is obligated to perform.

Responsible_party [Resp]
The person who must perform the Duty.
Non-Core:
Condition [con]
This FE indicates the Conditions under which the Responsible_party is obligated to perform the Duty.

Consequence [Con]
The undesirable Consequence that will result if the Duty is not performed.

Degree [deg]
Semantic Type
Degree
The deviation of the requirement from the norm.

Place [pla]
Semantic Type
Locative_relation
A location in which the Responsible_party has a specified Duty .
       I almost forgot to tell you that in Sweden we are OBLIGATED to spend atleast 7.5 months in the army for training.
 

Purpose [pur]
Semantic Type
State_of_affairs
The desirable situation which can be brought about by fulfilling the Duty.

Time [tim]
Semantic Type
Time
The time interval during which the Responsible_party is obligated to fulfill the Duty.

Inherits From: Required_event
Is Inherited By:
Subframe of:
Has Subframes:
Precedes:
Is Preceded by:
Uses:
Is Used By:
Perspective on:
Is perspectivized in: Being_obligated, Being_obligatory
Is Causative of:
See Also:

Lexical Units

Created by josef on Thu Jun 09 16:06:07 CEST 2005