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52 Orð og tunga
rather in terms of a much more complex framework of conceptual in-
formation, as shown in Figure 6.
O cut.v (Causc change of scalar position') Crcatcd Lexical entrv
o cut.v (Exnerience bodilv harm) Finishcd Initial I.exical entrv Annotation
O cut.v (Cause hannl Finished Initial Lexical entrv Annotation
Figure 6 - FrameNet entries for the verb cut
The number of senses of a word is as many as the number of frames of
cognition within which it can be cognised or understood. For instance,
one sense of the verb cut falls within the Cause_harm frame. A frame
represents a structured understanding of what is involved in a "harm-
causing", as shown in Figure 7.
Cause_harm
Definition:
Tbtnwords in this frame describe situations in which an E550 or a BEffB! iniures ajMn!. The EjSkUMI oMhe
rdrtinHI which is most directiy affected may also bemervtioned in the place of tht^Siffl m such cases, the P/fHltni
is often indicated as a genitive modiher of the in which case the WfanB fe is indicated on a second FE
layer.
Figure 7 - Frame for Causing_harm
The frame is effectively a constellation of elements related in a
systematic way which provides the context of imderstanding of
particular instances. Here, within the Cause_harm frame, we have
an Agent/Cause and a Victim as the primary elements of the frame
with provision made for the affect on the Victim being realised on a
Body Part of the Victim rather than on the Victim holistically. Notice
that there is a mix here of conceptual elements (Cause) and formal
elements ("genitive modifier"). In this sense the frame looks like an
elaborated thematic description and the frame elements look rather
like traditional thematic labels, relating elements of conceptual struc-
ture to particular formal realisations. Within this framework however
there is no attempt to limit the relation between a frame element and
its syntactic realisations. Such relation simply are as they are.
An entry for the verb cut in this particular sense will then appear
as in Figure 8.