<def-root><fen>Partner_1</fen> interacts with Partner_2 (also collectively expressible as <fen>Partners</fen>) to change their social relationship.
<ex><fex name="Partner_1">I</fex> <t>befriended</t> <fex name="Partner_2">the little pony</fex> by giving him a piece of apple.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>The individual who comes to form a relationship with Partner_2. </def-root>
<def-root>The individual whose relationship with <fen>Partner_1</fen> changes.</def-root>
<def-root>The individuals whose relationship is changing.</def-root>
<def-root>The action that <fen>Partner_1</fen> or the <fen>Partners</fen> take in order to bring about the change in the relationship.
<ex>In the old days, a man could <t>divorce</t> his wife <fex name="Means">just by saying "I divorce you" three times</fex>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>The time when the relationship changes.
<ex>She <t>married</t> Stephen <fex name="Time">last summer</fex>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>Any description of the event including secondary effects (quietly, loudly), and general descriptions comparing events (the same way). It may also indicate salient characteristics of the <fen>Partner_1</fen> or <fen>Partners</fen> that also affect the action (presumptuously, coldly, deliberately, eagerly, carefully). </def-root>
<def-root>A salient state of <fen>Partner_1</fen>, <fen>Partner_2</fen>, or <fen>Partners</fen> which affects the perception of the formation of relationship.
<ex>I <t>befriended</t> her <fex name="Dep">unaware of her past</fex>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>The length of time that the changed relationship status lasts.
<ex>Ekaterina <t>befriended</t> him <fex name="Dur">for a short while</fex>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>Where the relationship is formed.
<ex>We <t>married</t> <fex name="Place">in a gazebo</fex>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>The state-of-affairs that the <fen>Partners</fen> or <fen>Partner_1</fen> hope to bring about by changing their status.</def-root>
<def-root>This FE indicates the <fen>Communicative_force</fen> or authority with which the Forming_relationship event operates (often denoted by words such as "officially," "formally," "technically," etc.). </def-root>
<def-root>How often the Forming_relationship event occurs.</def-root>
<def-root>Circumstances describe the state of the world (at a particular time and place) which is specifically independent of the event itself and any of its participants. </def-root>
<def-root>The Explanation denotes a proposition from which the main clause (headed by the target) logically follows. </def-root>
<def-root>The frame element <fex name="Iterations">Iterations</fex> is used for expressions that indicate the number of times an event or state (of the kind denoted by the target in its clause) has taken place or held.</def-root>
Intentionally_act
Personal_relationship
FN: make into a friend.
COD: try to gain the love of (a woman).
FN: the promising of one person to wed another.
FN: to promise someone in marriage to someone else.
COD: the legal dissolution of a marriage.
COD: legally dissolve one's marriage with.
COD: abandon (a spouse or partner).
COD: the formal union of a man and a woman, typically as recognized by law, by which they become husband and wife.
COD: take as one's wife or husband in marriage.
COD: become a member of (a family) by marriage.
COD: stop living together as a couple.
FN: act in which a couple (generally married) ceases to cohabitate.
FN: to get married
COD: marry.
COD: a marriage ceremony, especially one including the associated celebrations.
FN: establishing a family relationship with by means of wedding the kin of.
COD: a formal agreement to get married.