Frame:Causation

Name Gloss	Causation
Transcription
Description	This is intended to be a very general schema that specifies a causal relation between two situations (a 'cause' and an 'effect'). Perhaps prototypically, cause and effect occur as part of a scenario in which the 'process' (casual_process) associated with one entity (the causer) is conceptualized as somehow affecting the process (affected_process) associated with another entity (affected). This very general frame is meant to encompass many different types of causes (including, e.g., both force-application and the lack thereof), different types of 'causal' relations (e.g. cause, prevent, enable, help, hinder), and different types of 'affected processes' (including, e.g., the motion, location, or state of the affected entity).
Closest FrameNet Frame(s)	Causation
Other aliases	Cause-effect
Type	Cog, Composed

Roles:

Role Name:	causer
Role Type:
Definition/Comments:	entity
FrameNet Role:	Actor

Role Name:	causal_process
Role Type:	X-schema
Definition/Comments:
FrameNet Role:

Role Name:	affected
Role Type:
Definition/Comments:	entity
FrameNet Role:

Role Name:	affected_process
Role Type:	X-schema
Definition/Comments:
FrameNet Role:

Role Name:	cause
Role Type:
Definition/Comments:
FrameNet Role:	Cause

Role Name:	effect
Role Type:
Definition/Comments:
FrameNet Role:	Effect

Role Name:	FD_relation_type
Role Type:
Definition/Comments:	type of force-dynamic relation that holds between the causal_process and the affected_process. E.g. cause, prevent, enable, help, prevent
FrameNet Role:

Related Frames:

Current Frame:	Causation
Relation Type:	is subcase of
Related Frame:	Complex_process Roles:
Comments:

Bindings:

agent=Complex_process.protagonist1

affected=Complex_process.protagonist2

cause=Complex_process.process1

effect=Complex_process.process2

Inferences

Description	If the cause occurs, the effect will occur. Absent the cause, the effect will not occur.
Type

Relevant Lexical Units:

Language	English
Lempos	cause.v

Language	English
Lempos	cause.n

Language	English
Lempos	causation.n

Language	English
Lempos	effect.n

Lexical Units in Related FrameNet Frames:

Causation	Causation

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Metaphors that use this frame:

as Target frame	as Source frame
CAUSATION IS AGENTIVE CAUSATION CAUSATION IS OBJECT TRANSFER CAUSES ARE FORCES EFFECTS ARE TRANSFERRED OBJECTS Ongoing causation is nourishing

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Graph of frame relations:

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n1 -> n2 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n3 [label="Affected motion" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Affected_motion" fontsize="10.0" ];

n3 -> n2 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n4 [label="Cause contact" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Cause_contact" fontsize="10.0" ];

n4 -> n2 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n5 [label="Caused change of state" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Caused_change_of_state" fontsize="10.0" ];

n5 -> n2 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n6 [label="Harm" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Harm" fontsize="10.0" ];

n6 -> n2 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n7 [label="Magic" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Magic" fontsize="10.0" ];

n7 -> n2 [label = "is related to" fontsize="8.0" constraint=false color="dimgray" ]; n8 [label="Motion-affecting external factors" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Motion-affecting_external_factors" fontsize="10.0" ];

n8 -> n2 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n9 [label="Poverty" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Poverty" fontsize="10.0" ];

n9 -> n2 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n10 [label="Silencing" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Silencing" fontsize="10.0" ];

n10 -> n2 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n11 [label="Complex process" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Complex_process" fontsize="10.0" ];

n2 -> n11 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; }