<def-root>This frame contains (transparent ) nouns that are <fen>Unit</fen>s of measurement for time. The frame elements are <fen>Count</fen>, <fen>Unit</fen> and <fen>Process</fen>.
<ex>The final total was 606, scored in only <fex name="Count">10</fex> <t><fex name="Unit">hours</fex></t> <fex name="Process">of excellent batsmanship</fex>.</ex>
In this frame, we will NOT annotate deictic, calendric uses of nouns like week, month, etc. as in "next week, this month, in the 21st century".</def-root>
<def-root>The number of <fen>Unit</fen>s of the measured entity.<ex>The ads had been absorbed into her brain during <fex name="Count">many</fex> <t><fex name="Unit">hours</fex></t> <fex name="Process">of television watching</fex>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>The standardized quantity in terms of which other quantities are measured.<ex><fex name="Count">Seven</fex> <t><fex name="Unit">hours</fex></t> <fex name="Process">of torrential rain</fex> reduced the pitch to a lake.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>The activity or state that takes place during the period of time under discussion.<ex>He had to listen to <fex name="Count">almost two</fex> <t><fex name="Unit">hours</fex></t> <fex name="Process">of complaints</fex>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>The <fen>Agent</fen> either brings about or is the most involved in the <fen>Process</fen>.</def-root>
Measures
Duration_scenario
FN: (of a state-of-affairs) lasting 60 minutes
FN: (of a situation) lasting sixty seconds or a sixtieth of an hour
FN: (of a state-of-affairs) lasting a sixtieth of a minute; SI time-length unit defined as the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of the radiation corresponding to the transition between the two hyperfine levels of the ground state of the cesium 133 atom.
FN: (of an event or state ) lasting twenty-four hours
FN: (of an event or state) lasting seven days
FN: (of an event or state) lasting approximately thirty days.
FN: (of an event or state) lasting (approximately) 365 days
FN: (of an event or state) lasting ten years
FN: (of an event or state) lasting one hundred years.
COD: a period of a thousand years, especially when calculated from the traditional date of the birth of Christ.
COD: a period of two weeks.
FN: a long time
FN: one billionth of a second
FN: a measure or amount of time. Note: This LU generally appears without the "Count" FE.