| An Agent and their Action succeed or fail inasmuch as the result of an Action matches the Goal that they hope to bring about by the Action. |
| Agent [age] Semantic Type Sentient | The Agent makes an attempt to achieve a Goal. | |
| John MANAGED a feeble smile. | ||
| Goal [goa] Semantic Type Goal | The Goal is what the Agent attempts to achieve. | |
| If you don't SUCCEED in your subterfuge, then report back for further orders. | ||
| Role [rol] | A participant function in a particular event or in events of a particular kind. | |
| Benedikt was SUCCESSFUL as a master brewer of beer. | ||
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| Action [mea] | This FE identifies the means by which the Goal is achieved (or not). | |
| Circumstances [cir] | This FE is applied to expressions which indicate the prevailing physical conditions for the event, or some concurrent states of affairs. | |
| And could anybody have SUCCEEDED under those conditions, using other methods? | ||
| Containing_event [con] | This FE denotes an event or state of affairs that occurs or holds at a time that includes the time during which the success or failure reported by the target occurs and of which the success or failure is taken to be a part | |
| He was SUCCESSFUL in the Smithers v Burns case. | ||
| Degree [deg] Semantic Type Degree | The extent to which the Action succeeds or fails. | |
| Depictive [Dep] | The Depictive is a phrase which describes the Agent during the Action. | |
| Explanation [exp] Semantic Type State_of_affairs | The Explanation denotes a proposition from which the success or failure logically follows. This often means that the Explanation causes the success or failure, but not in all cases. | |
| Kerry FAILED because of his inability to tell his own story. | ||
| Place [Place] Semantic Type Locative_relation | The place where an attempt succeeds or fails. | |
| On the bridge he SUCCEEDED in putting the wig on the corpse. | ||
| Time [Time] Semantic Type Time | This FE identifies the Time when the attempt succeeds or fails. | |
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Is perspectivized in: Success_or_failure, Thwarting
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Created by infinity on Wed Dec 07 17:01:11 CET 2005