| Unless a particular Required_situation obtains, Negative_consequences will follow. Alternatively, the Required_situation is required to achieve a Purpose (which avoids Negative_consequences). A set of Circumstances may be specified under which the requirement holds. | |
| You MUST turn in your test by 5 p.m. | |
| You BETTER have that fixed by tomorrow or else we'll fire you. | |
| The book NEEDS to be shorter to sell to such a young audience. | |
| Required_situation [req] | The state-of-affairs which prevents Negative_consequences. | |
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| Circumstances [cir] | The FE Circumstances encodes a setting, often temporal or spatial, within which the requirement holds. | |
| Degree [deg] Semantic Type Degree | The degree to which the Required_situation is necessary. The Degree may either imply a modification of the direness of the Negative_consequences, the probability of the Negative_consequences (if the Required_situation is not made to hold), or both. | |
| He absolutely MUST be replaced . | ||
| Explanation [exp] Semantic Type State_of_affairs | The reason why the Required_situation is necessary. | |
| I do realize his pitch NEEDED to be wide-ranging because of the differences between folks in the room . | ||
| Negative_consequences [neg] | An event or state of affairs that results if the required Required_situation does not occur and which impacts some deprofiled entity in a way that the speaker finds undesirable. | |
| Place [pla] Semantic Type Locative_relation | The location within which the Required_situation is required. | |
| In California , seatbelts MUST be fastened at all times . | ||
| Purpose [pur] Semantic Type State_of_affairs | The event or state of affairs that is achieved by bringing about the Required_situation and which entails the non-occurrance of Negative_consequences. | |
| Time [tim] Semantic Type Time | The period during which the Required_situation is necessary to prevent negative consequences. | |
| He was told that when he got back , his column NEEDED a serious rethink . | ||
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Is Inherited By: Obligation_scenario
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Uses: Being_necessary
Is Used By: Desirable_event
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Created by josef on Mon Apr 11 17:57:34 CEST 2005