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242same frame, i.e. synonymy, near synonymy, antonymy (section 5.2.2). As the results showthat some FEs are recurrent across frames we observe that they typically correspond to themost important participants in the judgments and make distinctions between them (section5.2.3). Finally, we discuss the results (section 5.2.4).5.2.1. Number of terms grouped together into the framesThe frames that we identified can contain only one term or they can group together severalterms. 64% of the frames group together one or two terms. In fact, 35 frames grouptogether only one term, 14 frames group together two terms and 5 frames group togetherthree terms. Almost half of the frames (46%) group together one term and almost two thirdsof the frames (64%) group together one or two terms. 96% of the frames can group up tosix terms. There are only 3 frames that group together over six terms: [Argumentation],[Granting] and [Regulations]. The latter is the frame that groups together the greatestnumber of terms (14). Table 22 illustrates the frame called [Regulations].The description of the frame [Regulations] defines this conceptual scenario as onein which a given legal document constitutes or constrains a given matter. The mandatoryconceptual participants, or core FEs, are LAW and ISSUE. The FE LAW is defined as awritten legal document that has the force of law or will have the force of law once enactedto arrange and regulate a set of issues. Typically, the terms that instantiate the FE LAWmeaning ―a written legal document that has the force of law‖ are Constitution,jurisprudence whereas the terms that instantiate the FE LAW meaning ―a written legaldocument that will have the force of law once enacted‖ are bill and legislature. Then, allthe non-core FEs that can be found in the contexts of the terms that evoke this frame arelisted. The contexts of the terms aim at illustrating the most typical use and meaning of theterms in the corpus. They also correspond to the information category that aims to illustrateboth the conceptual scenario evoked by the terms and their use in context.