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CHAPTER 2. A FRAME SEMANTIC ANALYSIS 64
Frame perception distant
type event
Uses perception basic [pb]
2
3
roles:
6Perceiver
=
6
6Phenomenon
=
6
6Body
part
6
eyes _ ears _ nose =
6
6Loc
perceiver
4
Path
pb.Perceiver 7
pb.Phenomenon
7
pb.Body part 7
5
Frame see eye
type event
cat V
lexm see
Uses perception distant [pd]
2
3
roles:
Seer =
6
6Seenphys
obj _ phys motion =
4
pd.Perceiver
7
pd.Phenomenon 7
5
Body parteyes = pd.Body part
val:
82
>< 6
4
>:
role Seen
syn nuc
pt NP
39
7>=
7
5
>;
The usual implicatures about physical vision described in Section 2.4 apply to
see eye. Ordinarily, ifseen is a person, we would assume that a more speci c sense can
be inferred, i.e. visit or consult, unless there is some indication to the contrary.