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CHAPTER 2. A FRAME SEMANTIC ANALYSIS 101<br />

Sense DISCOURSE<br />

cognition inchoative<br />

see discourse<br />

<strong>Frame</strong> see discourse<br />

type event<br />

Uses cognition inchoative [ci]<br />

2<br />

3<br />

roles:<br />

seerhuman =<br />

6<br />

6seen<br />

=<br />

4<br />

discourse context<br />

ci.Cognizer<br />

7<br />

ci.Content 7<br />

5<br />

val:<br />

82<br />

>< 6<br />

4<br />

>:<br />

82<br />

>< 6<br />

4<br />

>:<br />

role seer<br />

syn DA<br />

person 2<br />

role seer<br />

syn DA<br />

person 1<br />

39<br />

7>=<br />

7<br />

5<br />

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39<br />

7>=<br />

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(55) a. Brown: As we have seen, Methodism early took a st<strong>and</strong> against slavery.<br />

b. Brown: Second, we willseehow Sidney answered the charges, . . . .<br />

c. As seen in Chapter 3, the war did not unfold as the General Sta had planned.<br />

d. You'll see that this is necessary when I come back to this point inafewminutes.<br />

e. As the reader will see in the following section, . . .<br />

The seer is rst or second person, the seen is a situation, <strong>and</strong> there is a reference,<br />

either direct or indirect to the (written or spoken) discourse context. This may bemarked<br />

simply on the verb, using past or perfect for discourse up to the present, or future for<br />

following parts of the discourse, (Ex. (55-a), Ex. (55-b)) oritmay be more explicit, as in<br />

Ex. (55-c) <strong>and</strong> Ex. (55-d).<br />

A wide range of registers is possible; in casual conversation, Isee is a complete

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