<def-root>This is an abstract frame for acts performed by sentient beings. It exists mostly for FE inheritance.
<ex><fex name="Agent">I</fex> <t>carried</t> <t>out</t> <fex name="Act">the deed</fex> <fex name="Manner">easily</fex> .</ex></def-root>
<def-root>This FE identifies the <fen>Act</fen> that the <fen>Agent</fen> performs intentionally.</def-root>
<def-root>The <fen>Agent</fen> performs the intentional act.
<ex><fex name="Agent">We</fex> have not yet <t>acted</t> .</ex></def-root>
<def-root>This FE identifies the place where the intentional act occurs.</def-root>
<def-root>This FE identifies the purpose for which an Agent performs an intentional act.
John <t>flattered</t> her <fex name="Purpose">to receive a raise</fex>.</def-root>
<def-root>This FE identifies the time when the Agent acts intentionally.</def-root>
<def-root>This FE identifies the Means by which an Agent acts intentionally.</def-root>
<def-root>Any description of the intentional act which is not covered by more specific FEs, including secondary effects (<ment>quietly, loudly</ment>), and general descriptions comparing events (<ment>the same way</ment>). In addition, it may indicate salient characteristics of an <fen>Agent</fen> that also affect the action (<ment>presumptuously, coldly, deliberately, eagerly, carefully</ment>).
<ex>'Twould be best it were <t>done</t> <fex name="Manner">quietly</fex>.</ex>
</def-root>
<def-root>The <fen>Domain</fen> within which the <fen>Agent</fen> acts.
<ex>No doubt he has begun to engage in <fex name="dom">political</fex> <t>activity</t> of late</ex></def-root>
<def-root>The <fen>Frequency</fen> with which the <fen>Agent</fen> does the <fen>Act</fen> in a given period of time.</def-root>
<def-root>The length of time from when the event denoted by the target began to be repeated to when it stopped.</def-root>
<def-root>The <fen>Result</fen> of an act. </def-root>
<def-root>Expressions marked with this extra-thematic FE modify a non-iterative use of the target, and indicate that it is conceived as embedded within an iterated series of similar events or states.</def-root>
<def-root>The Explanation denotes a proposition from which the main clause (headed by the target) logically follows. This often means that the Explanation causes the state of affairs expressed by the target, but not in all cases. </def-root>
<def-root>This FE gives a description of the Intentionally_act event.</def-root>
<def-root>This FE describes an additional situation or modification that would seem to hold given the rest of the situation. In some cases, it marks a completely separate conclusion than one would draw from the manner of the event in the main clause. As far as we know, this idea is only explicitly marked in English with "as if".
<ex>We have to <t>do</t> our duty <fex name="Apparent_conclusion">as if it matters</fex> .</ex>
Usually, the <fen>Apparent_conclusion</fen> contains another FE, either peripheral or extra-thematic, which is non-factive (i.e., it may, but does not necessarily, hold). For these cases, we annotate the other frame-element on the second layer; thus the following should be annotated with <fen>Purpose</fen> on the second layer.
<ex><fex name="Apparent_conclusion">As if to guarantee failure</fex> , they <t>conducted</t> the study without consulting experts .</ex>
<ex>As if <fex name="Purpose">to guarantee failure</fex> , they <t>conducted</t> the study without consulting experts .</ex>
We do not annotate this FE in cases where we merely infer that a part of the sentence is meant sarcastically, as in the following minimal modification of the above sentence:
<ex>To guarantee failure , they <t>conducted</t> the study without consulting experts .</ex>
In this case, we simply annotate the <fen>Purpose</fen> FE.</def-root>
Event
Name_conferral
Intentionally_affect
Avoiding
Intentionally_create
Ingest_substance
Choosing
Self_motion
Perception_active
Activity_finish
Practice
Heralding
Get_a_job
Quitting
Clemency
Exchange
Change_tool
Resolve_problem
Intercepting
Forming_relationships
Collaboration
Change_posture
Bail_decision
Assistance
Atonement
Daring
Execute_plan
Becoming_a_member
Giving
Front_for
Examination
Piracy
Passing_off
Hostile_encounter
Visiting
Confronting_problem
Legal_rulings
Working_a_post
Military_operation
Assemble
Attempting_and_resolving_scenario
Attending
Exercising
Contacting
Manipulation
Attempt
Protest
Competition
Bungling
Rite
Conduct
Accomplishment
Reason
Assistance
Deciding
Remembering_to_do
Waiting
Subjective_influence
Experience_bodily_harm
Responsibility
COD: a thing done.
COD: perform or carry out (an action).
COD: a measure or action, especially one of a series taken in order to deal with or achieve a particular thing.
COD: take action; do something
FN: [Usage: normally used only when the Act is implied.]
FN: activities
COD: an action taken in pursuit of an objective
COD: carry out, accomplish, or fulfil (an action, task, or function).
COD: perform (a task or planned operation).
COD: organize and carry out.
COD: carry out or put into effect (a plan, order, etc.).
COD: participate or become involved in.
COD: a means of achieving a purpose
COD: a thing done.
FN: an act embedded with strategy
FN: the person deliberately involved in an event or activity
FN: A person who acts of his own volition
FN: an intentional action