Frame Semantics, Constructions, and the FrameNet Lexical Database

Commitment
• The noun commitment in the intended sense belongs
to the Commitment frame.
• Other words sharing this frame include commit, vow,
oath, swear, promise, covenant (some are verbs,
some are nouns, some are both).
• All of them have to do with illocutionary acts that bind
their speakers to a course of action.
• This sense of commitment takes the support verb
make.
– Are you afraid to make a commitment?
– You’ve made a commitment now, so you’d better honor it.