<def-root>This frame concerns the appointment of a <fen>New_leader</fen> or removal from office of an <fen>Old_leader</fen>. The <fen>Selector</fen> brings about the change in leadership, for example, by electing or overthrowing a leader. There are two particular situations described by words in this frame: 1. making a <fen>New_leader</fen> fill a <fen>Role</fen> whether or not there was someone in the role previously (e.g., <ment>crown.v</ment>), and 2. successfully removing an <fen>Old_leader</fen> from office (e.g. <ment>depose.v</ment>, <ment>oust.v</ment>).
<ex>On March 17 , <fex name="Selector">Mamedov</fex> <t>appointed</t> <fex name="New_leader">Rakhim Gasiyev</fex> <fex name="Role">as Defence Minister</fex> .</ex>
This frame should be compared to the Reject_leadership frame, in which there is only an attempt to change the power structure. Compare also to the Appointing frame, which is used for words that refer to officially empowered agents designating entities to fill a particular function. In the Appointing frame, the function may or may not be a leadership role, unlike targets in the Change_of_leadership frame.
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<def-root>The Selector (most commonly a group of people) is responsible for a change in leadership. Typically, it occurs as the External Argument of verbs.
<ex><fex name="Selector">The voters</fex> <t>elected</t> Blair.</ex>
<ex><fex name="Selector">The president</fex> <t>appoints</t> the prime minister.</ex> </def-root>
<def-root>With words denoting removal (or attempted removal) from office of a leader, the <fen>Old_leader</fen> is typically the direct object of verbs, or occurs in a PP Complement with noun targets, frequently headed by the preposition <ment>against</ment>.
<ex>The students <t>overthrew</t> <fex name="Old_leader">the president</fex>.</ex>
<ex>The <t>uprising</t> <fex name="Old_leader">against the king</fex> was quickly ended by the military.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>With words denoting appointment to a position, the <fen>New_leader</fen> is typically the object of verbs.
<ex>The president <t>appoints</t> <fex name="New_leader">the prime minister</fex>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>Frequently the <fen>Old_leader</fen> or <fen>New_leader</fen> is referred to only by his/her role. However, the <fen>Role</fen> can be expressed separately from the leader, usually as either a secondary predicate or in a PP Complement.
<ex>The board of directors <t>appointed</t> Ashton <fex name="Role">Acting President</fex>.</ex>
<ex>The board of directors <t>appointed</t> Ashton <fex name="Role">as Acting President</fex>.</ex>
<ex>The voters <t>elected</t> Mitterand <fex name="Role">to the presidency</fex>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>The FE <fen>Old_order</fen> identifies the political order that existed before the change of leadership occurs.
<ex>The rebels <t>overthrew</t> <fex name="Old_order">the dictatorship</fex>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>This FE indicates the <fen>Degree</fen> to which an event occurs.</def-root>
<def-root><fen>Depictive</fen> indicates the state of one of the participants during the action.
<ex>We <t>dethroned</t> him, <fex name="Dep">unaware of the evil we did</fex>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>This FE is used for the <fen>Manner</fen> of performing an action.
<ex>The king was <t>ousted</t> <fex name="Manr">violently</fex>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>This FE identifies the <fen>Means</fen> by which the <fen>Selector</fen> accomplishes the change of leadership.
<ex>The rebels <t>overthrew</t> the government <fex name="Mns">by gaining the support of the military</fex>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>This FE is used for indicating the <fen>Result</fen> of an event.</def-root>
<def-root>This frame element describes the situation that brought about the change of leadership.
<ex>The king was <t>deposed</t> <fex name="Circumstances">in a bloody coup</fex>.</ex>
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<def-root>The <fen>Function</fen> is the purpose the <fen>New_leader</fen> will fufill.</def-root>
<def-root>When the change takes place.
<ex>The <fex name="Time">2000</fex> <t>coup</t> against the dictator was led by former president Smith.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>Where the change takes place.
<ex>The crew <t>mutinied</t> <fex name="Place">out in the middle of the Atlantic</fex>, the scoundrels.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>A group of individuals who are elected or appointed to perform some function of governance.
<ex>His district <t>elected</t> her <fex name="bod">to Congress</fex> three times.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>The situation that the <fen>Selector</fen> attempts to bring about by the change of leadership.</def-root>
Appointing
Replacing
Reject_leadership
Leadership
Reject_leadership
Appointing
COD: a violent or illegal seizure of power
COD: choose (someone) to hold a position, especially public office, by voting.
COD: remove forcibly from power
COD: the forcible overthrow of a government or social order, in favor of a new system.
COD: drive out or expel, especially by forcing oneself into the place of
COD: remove from office suddenly and forcefully
COD: with obj. remove (a monarch) from power.
COD: a removal from power; a defeat or downfall.
COD: assume control of or responsibility for something.
FN: to overthrow.
COD: a formal procedure whereby a person is elected, especially to a political office.
FN: install as leader (as if up on a throne).
COD: install (a monarch or bishop) on a throne with due ceremony.
FN: install as royal leader.
COD: ceremonially place a crown on the head of (someone) to invest them as a monarch.
FN: give new power (to someone or some group).
FN: place as leader.
COD: a person who revolts or advocates revolution.
FN: A situation in which a person holding some office is removed from that office abruptly. This term usually implies that regular proceedure is not followed, and some degree of force or coercion is used. Takes the FE Old_leader in a PP[of].