Seeing clearly: Frame Semantic, Psycholinguistic, and Cross ...

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Frame categorization
type event
roles:
2
3
Cognizer
6
human7
6
7
6
6Item
7
4
5
Category
Frame see classify
type event
Uses categorization [cat]
2
3
roles:
Seer =
6
6Seen
=
4
cat.Cognizer
7
cat.Item 7
5
Category = cat.Category
val:
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2
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6
4
>:
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6
4
>:
2
3
6
4
role Seer7
5,
syn DA
3 2
role Seer7
5,
syn subj
6
4
role Seen
syn nuc
pt NP
3
2
7 6
7,
4
5
role Category7
5,
syn obj
role Category
pt PP[as]
3 2
6
4
role Seen
9
3
>=
7
5
>;
pt PP[in]
This frame is still not complete, since we canhave an AP after the as (see this
one as important).
(51) a. We see line A as shorter than B, even though they are really the same length.
b. recognize She saw that Sandy was brilliant.
c. classify She saw Sandy as brilliant.
d. I only saw her as an old woman, so it was hard for me to imagine her as a
young heart-breaker.
seer is a conscious being, seen a stimulus, and category is a state predicated of seen,
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>=
7
5
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