Frame:Life cycle

Name Gloss	Life cycle
Transcription
Description
Closest FrameNet Frame(s)	Cycle_of_life_and_death, Dead_or_alive
Other aliases
Type	Frame

Roles:

Role Name:	beginning_of_life
Role Type:
Definition/Comments:	start of life cycle
FrameNet Role:

Role Name:	developmental_stages
Role Type:
Definition/Comments:	intermediate stages within ongoing life
FrameNet Role:

Role Name:	end_of_life
Role Type:
Definition/Comments:	end of life cycle
FrameNet Role:

Role Name:	life_liver
Role Type:	Biological entity
Definition/Comments:
FrameNet Role:	Protagonist, Organism

Related Frames:

Current Frame:	Life cycle
Relation Type:	is subcase of
Related Frame:	Cycle Roles:
Comments:	In one version, life is a cycle.

Bindings:

Inferences

Relevant Lexical Units:

Language	English
Lempos	life cycle.n

Language	English
Lempos	lifecycle.n

Lexical Units in Related FrameNet Frames:

Cycle_of_life_and_death	Cycle_of_life_and_death

Dead_or_alive	Dead_or_alive

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Metaphors that use this frame:

as Target frame	as Source frame
BEING ALIVE IS BEING PHYSICALLY AT THIS LOCATION LIFE IS VERTICALITY

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Graph of frame relations:

digraph framerelsgrph { rankdir="BT" n1 [label="Animal life cycle" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Animal_life_cycle" fontsize="10.0" ]; n2 [label="Life cycle" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Life_cycle" fontsize="10.0" penwidth=2 style="filled" fillcolor="lightgray" ];

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

n3 -> n2 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n4 [label="Birth" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Birth" fontsize="10.0" ];

n4 -> n2 [label = "is a subprocess of" fontsize="8.0" ]; n5 [label="Death" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Death" fontsize="10.0" ];

n5 -> n2 [label = "is a subprocess of" fontsize="8.0" ]; n6 [label="Human life cycle" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Human_life_cycle" fontsize="10.0" ];

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

n7 -> n2 [label = "is a subprocess of" fontsize="8.0" ]; n8 [label="Plant life cycle" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Plant_life_cycle" fontsize="10.0" ];

n8 -> n2 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n9 [label="Restore to life" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Restore_to_life" fontsize="10.0" ];

n9 -> n2 [label = "is a subprocess of" fontsize="8.0" ]; n10 [label="Cycle" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Cycle" fontsize="10.0" ];

n2 -> n10 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; }