<def-root>A <fen>Speaker</fen> mentions a <fen>Specified_entity</fen> filling a <fen>Role</fen>, thereby providing information which supports a point of the <fen>Speaker</fen>.
<ex>He cites <fex name="Specified_entity">the chief original observations</fex> <t>adduced</t> <fex name="Speaker">by Darwin</fex> <fex name="Role">as evidence for his theory</fex>.</ex>
<ex><fex name="Speaker">Mexico</fex> <t>cited</t> <fex name="Specified_entity">the drought</fex>, now in its eighth year, <fex name="Purpose">to avoid releasing Texas' full share of 110 billion gallons per year from the reservoirs</fex>. <fex name="Role">DNI</fex></ex>
<ex><fex name="Speaker">An objector</fex> will <fex name="Time">immediately</fex> <t>point</t> <fex name="Specified_entity">to the lack of stability of this simple, some will say simple-minded, hierarchy</fex>. <fex name="Role">DNI</fex></ex>
<ex>She expected a restaurant as their meeting place, but instead <fex name="Speaker">the lady</fex> <t>named</t> <fex name="Specified_entity">the hotel where she was staying</fex>.<fex name="Role">DNI</fex></ex>
<ex>Where is the second-order neural pattern located? <fex name="Speaker">Damasio</fex> already <t>pointed</t> <fex name="Specified_entity">to the cingulate cortex</fex> <fex name="Medium">in his 1994 book</fex>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>The <fen>Speaker</fen> is the person who specifies the <fen>Role</fen> to be filled by the <fen>Specified_entity</fen>.
<ex>But<fex name="Speaker">Arturo Boncato Jr., marketing manager of the Marco Polo Hotel,</fex> <t>cited</t> the high occupancy rates in the hotels as proof of increasing visitors' confidence.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>The <fen>Addressee</fen> is the person to whom the <fen>Speaker</fen> identifies the filler of a <fen>Role</fen>.</def-root>
<def-root>Any description of the event (or state) which is not covered by more specific FEs, including secondary effects (<ment>quietly</ment>, <ment>loudly</ment>), and general descriptions comparing events (<ment>the same way</ment>). In agentive frames, it may indicate salient characteristics of an Agent that also affect the action (<ment>presumptuously</ment>, <ment>coldly</ment>, <ment>deliberately</ment>, <ment>eagerly</ment>, <ment>carefully</ment>).
<ex>Greedy Englishmen <fex name="Manr">eagerly</fex> <t>cited</t> Spanish brutality as an excuse to seek control
of their opponent?s holdings.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>An act whereby the <fen>Speaker</fen> makes a statement.
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<def-root><fen>Medium</fen> is the physical entity or channel used by the <fen>Speaker</fen> to transmit the statement.
<ex><fex name="Medium">In a subsequent paper</fex> he <t>adduced</t> further evidence.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>The state of the <fen>Speaker</fen> during the statement.
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<def-root>The time when the statement is made.
<ex>Persistent, heavy rainfall and poorly maintained drainage systems were <t>cited</t>
<fex name="Time">yesterday</fex> as the prime causes for the rising floodwaters</ex></def-root>
<def-root>The FE specifies the place where the statement takes place.
<ex><fex name="pla">In Kuala Lumpur</fex>, he also <t>pointed</t> to the accountability/assessment arena as a place for new businesses to investigate.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>The entity that the <fen>Speaker</fen> identifies as filling a particular <fen>Role</fen>.
<ex>Reilly <t>pointed</t> <fex name="Specified_entity">to the high labor costs</fex> as the
main reason for the decision to close down the New Orleans facility.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>A slot in a particular or generic event or relation whose filler the <fen>Speaker</fen> identifies.
<ex>TCI <t>named</t> the overly expensive bid price <fex name="Role">as the main reason for their strict opposition against a merger</fex>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>An action that the <fen>Speaker</fen> intends to accomplish by performing the action indicated by adducing the <fen>Specified_entity</fen>.</def-root>
<def-root>The reason for which the Speaker (or Medium) comes to said conclusions about the <fen>Specified_entity</fen>. </def-root>
<def-root>The event of which the adducing is a part. </def-root>
<def-root>In general, this FE is used for phrases that describe the clause of the target as a whole. </def-root>
<def-root>The number of times an event is occuring (within a period of time).</def-root>
<def-root>The circumstances under which the adducing takes place.
<ex><fex name="Cir">With that audience</fex>, you might have to <t>adduce</t> some rather different facts in order to support your argument.</ex></def-root>
Statement
Reference_text
COD: cite as evidence.
FN: mention (in support of a point)
FN: make someone aware of some fact (in support of a point), usually with out or to.
COD: specify (a sum, time, or place)