<def-root>An <fen>Entity</fen> is in a state such that it participates in a preponderance of states and events which are desirable for it. For living entities, this may entail a proliferation of instances of the entity, or of desirable properties associated with the (single) entity. For non-living entities (economies, political locales, academic topics, etc.), this entails a proliferation of instances, or of activities that lead to instances, or any attribute that would prevent the entity from disappearing. This state is conceived of as temporary, or at least contingent on a number of changeable factors. Words expressing the opposite state, i.e., a lack of such positive activity, are also in this frame.
<ex><fex name="tim">In the 1920s</fex> <fex name="ent">the peach industry</fex> <t>flourished</t> <fex name="pla">in Upson County</fex>.</ex>
<ex><fex name="ent">Construction companies</fex> <t>thrive</t> <fex name="cir">on public projects</fex>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>The <t>Entity</t> is experiencing a period of desirable events or states.
<ex>In the 1920s <fex name="ent">the peach industry</fex> <t>thrived</t> in Upson County.</ex></def-root>
<def-root><fen>Circumstances</fen> 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.
<ex>In those nations, the economy <t>languishes</t> <fex name="cir">under repressive regimes which do not govern for their people but rather against them</fex>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>The <fen>Time</fen> during which the <fen>Entity</fen> thrives.
<ex><fex name="tim">In the 1920s</fex> the peach industry <t>thrived</t> in Upson County.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>The <fen>Place</fen> where the thriving takes place.
<ex>Why was it that democracy <t>flourished</t> <fex name="pla">in America</fex>?</ex></def-root>
<def-root>This frame element is defined as the number of times an event occurs per some unit of time. </def-root>
<def-root>The category in which the <fen>Entity</fen> thrives. </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>Duration denotes the length of time from the beginning of a continuous situation to its end. In many cases, the continuous situation is a dynamic action which is ongoing, while in others it is simply an undifferentiated state.</def-root>
<def-root>The <fen>Explanation</fen> for why or how the <fen>Entity</fen> thrives.</def-root>
<def-root>This FE describes the state of the <fen>Entity</fen>. It is often incorporated into the LUs of this frame.
<ex>He was <t>living</t> <fex name="Desirability">well</fex> after his promotion.</ex></def-root>
State
Desirability
COD: prosper; flourish.
COD: grow or develop in a healthy or vigorous way.
COD: succeed or flourish, especially financially; thrive.
FN: be in a weakened, unactive or depreciated state.
FN: a period of inactivity.
FN: be (in the specified desirable or undesirable state).
COD: perform in a specified way in a particular situation or period:
FN: the state or degree of (financial) well-being.
FN: to exist (with a particular level of comfort)