<def-root>A person, the <fen>Cognizer</fen>, thinks about a <fen>Topic</fen> over a period of time. What is thought about may be a course of action that the person might take, or something more general.
<ex><fex name="Cognizer">The men</fex> were <fex name="Manner">silently</fex> <t>mulling</t> <t>over</t> <fex name="Topic">the proposition of committing an assassination</fex></ex></def-root>
<def-root>With a target verb, the Cognizer is usually expressed as an External Argument, with the Topic appearing as an Object NP, a gerundive verbal Complement, or a PP.
<ex><fex name="Cognizer">Pat</fex> <t>considered</t> a career change.</ex>
<ex><fex name="Cognizer">The employees</fex> <t>contemplated</t> going on strike.</ex>
<ex><fex name="Cognizer">Everyone</fex> <t>thought</t> about the game.</ex>
With a target noun, the <fen>Cognizer</fen> is typically expressed as the External Argument of a <ment>support verb</ment>, as a possessor, or in a PP.
<ex><fex name="Cognizer">The teacher</fex> <t>gave</t> some <t>thought</t> to a career change.</ex>
<ex><fex name="Cognizer">Your</fex> <t>thoughts</t> about art are not relevant.</ex>
<ex>Your application was submitted for <t>consideration</t> <fex name="Cognizer">by the committee</fex>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>With a target verb, the <fen>Topic</fen> is usually expressed as an Object NP, a gerundive verbal complement, or a PP.
<ex>Pat <t>considered</t> <fex name="Topic">a career change</fex>.</ex>
<ex>The employees <t>contemplated</t> <fex name="Topic">going on strike</fex>.</ex>
<ex>Everyone <t>thought</t> <fex name="Topic">about the game</fex>.</ex>
With a target noun, the Topic is typically expressed in a PP.
<ex>Your <t>contemplation</t> <fex name="Topic">of a career change</fex> is understandable.</ex>
<ex>Your <t>thoughts</t> <fex name="Topic">about art</fex> are not relevant.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>The FE <fen>Degree</fen> indicates the degree to which the cognizing occurs.</def-root>
<def-root>Depictive phrase describing the actor of an action
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<def-root>The FE <fen>Manner</fen> indicates the way in which the cognizing is being done.</def-root>
<def-root>An intentional action performed by the <fen>Cognizer</fen> that makes them able to cogitate. </def-root>
<def-root>Result of an event</def-root>
<def-root>The physical or abstract setting in which the <fen>Cognizer</fen> considers the <fen>Topic</fen>.
<ex><fex name="Medium">Over the telephone</fex>, Frank <t>pondered</t> telling Maria about the fire.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>The state-of-affairs that the <fen>Cognizer</fen> is trying to bring about by thinking.</def-root>
<def-root>The time at which the <fen>Cognizer</fen> considers the <fen>Topic</fen>.</def-root>
Worry
Assessing
Memorization
Mental_activity
Research
Remembering_experience
Coming_up_with
Worry
COD: think deeply about something that makes one unhappy.
FN: take facts into account in a reasoning process
COD: careful thought
COD: think about
COD: the action of contemplating.
COD: engage in long and careful consideration
COD: the action or process of engaging in long and careful consideration
COD: think, speak, or write at length about.
COD: think carefully about
COD: a discourse expressing considered thoughts on a subject
COD: think about at length.
COD: be absorbed in thought.
COD: consider carefully
COD: think deeply or carefully about.
COD: serious thought or consideration.
COD: think deeply about something.
FN: consider (an open proposition) in order to figure (the proposition) out
COD: direct one's mind towards someone or something; use one's mind actively to form connected ideas
FN: give careful consideration or attention.
COD: an idea or opinion produced by thinking or occurring suddenly in the mind.