<def-root>A <fen>Communicator</fen> processes some information (either from textual or real-world/perceptual sources) regarding a <fen>State_of_affairs</fen> into a concise form (a summary) that contains the essential content in briefer form, and communicates this summary to an <fen>Addressee</fen>, or records it in a <fen>Medium</fen>. The <fen>State_of_affairs</fen> may be represented directly (e.g., outline <ment>what happened</ment>, <ment>the situation abroad</ment>), or as a textual source (summarizing <ment>the documents</ment>), or metonymically as some focal entity (a synopsis <ment>of the candidates</ment>).
<ex><fex name="Communicator">Frank</fex> has already <t>summarized</t> <fex name="State_of_affairs">some of the reactions</fex> <fex name="med">on his weblog</fex>.</ex>
<ex><fex name="com">Director Van Auken</fex> <ment>gave</ment> a brief informational <t>synopsis</t> <fex name="sta">of each applicant</fex>. </ex>
<ex><fex name="Communicator">He</fex> <t>boiled</t> <t>down</t> <fex name="State_of_affairs">the argument for domestic wiretapping</fex> in one plainspoken and effective, if also deceptive, line...</ex>
<ex><fex name="Communicator">You</fex> should be able to <t>summarize</t> <fex name="State_of_affairs">your findings</fex> <fex name="Addressee">to a lay audience</fex>.</ex>
<ex><fex name="Medium">In her materials</fex>, <fex name="Communicator">she</fex> also <t>outlined</t> <fex name="State_of_affairs">the situation and major problems facing the company</fex>.</ex>
Some LUs, such as <ment>summarize</ment> and <ment>synopsis</ment> entail a preexisting body of information that has been processed into a briefer form by the <fen>Communicator</fen>. Others, such as <ment>outline</ment> and <ment>blueprint</ment> are compatible with, but do not entail, a preexisting, fully fleshed-out concept. E.g.,
<ex><fex name="Medium">Her book</fex> <t>outlines</t> <fex name="State_of_affairs">a new proposal for handling grammaticalization</fex>, though she doesn't flesh it out entirely.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>The <fen>Communicator</fen> creates and communicates the summary of the Information.</def-root>
<def-root>The <fen>Communicator</fen> communicates the summary to the <fen>Addressee</fen>.</def-root>
<def-root>The <fen>State_of_affairs</fen> is summarized by the <fen>Communicator</fen>.</def-root>
<def-root>The textual or other <fen>Medium</fen> through which the <fen>Communicator</fen> summarizes.</def-root>
<def-root>The content that results from the summarization.
<ex>She <t>summarized</t> our involvement <fex name="sum">as a "qualified success"</fex>.</ex>
<ex>Aston <t>boiled</t>the situation <t>down</t> <fex name="sum">to one word: FUBAR</fex>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>The time at which the <fen>Communicator</fen> makes the <fen>Summary</fen>.
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<def-root>The location where the <fen>Communicator</fen> communicates.</def-root>
<def-root>Any description of the details of the action beyond the identity of the participants and the setting, especially descriptions of the <fen>Communicator</fen> that affect the action.</def-root>
<def-root>An action performed by the <fen>Communicator</fen> that brings about the communication.</def-root>
<def-root>The state-of-affairs that the <fen>Communicator</fen> is attempting to bring about by communicating.</def-root>
<def-root>The amount of time taken by the <fen>Communicator</fen> in creating and conveying the <fen>Summary</fen>.</def-root>
<def-root>This FE denotes an event that occurs or state of affairs that holds at a time that includes the time during which the event or state of affairs reported by the target occurs and of which it is taken to be a part.</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>
Communication
FN: give a discription of the main point(s) of something.
COD: a brief summary of something.
FN: give a concise summary.
COD: give a summary of.
FN: to summarize a State_or_affairs (note: this is the transitive usage e.g. "I'll sum up what he said...")