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Frame Semantics, Constructions, and the FrameNet Lexical Database

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<strong>Lexical</strong> Unit (LU)<br />

• The pairing of a lemma with a meaning; a<br />

word sense. The meaning is partially<br />

expressed by <strong>the</strong> relation between <strong>the</strong> lemma<br />

<strong>and</strong> a FN frame, i.e. between lexical form(s)<br />

<strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> semantic frame <strong>the</strong>y evoke.<br />

• Includes inflected forms see, saw seen<br />

• Includes multi-word expressions (MWEs):<br />

pick out, lose sleep, spitting image, family<br />

practitioner<br />

• May be any part of speech: verbs, nouns,<br />

adjectives, prepositions, etc.

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