Definitions of Issue| Frame | Type | Definition |
| Confronting_problem | C | This FE identifies the Issue that the Agent deals with. |
| Fighting_activity | P | The Issue over which Fight happens. |
| Giving_in | C | The matter, usually concerning a course of action, in which the Capitulator has disagreed with the Compeller . |
| Hostile_encounter | C | An unresolved question over which the two sides of a hostile encounter are in disagreement. Quite often it takes the form of a covert question of various sorts. So in an example like: among many other possibilities, the covert question might be more explicitly phrased as follows: |
| Quarreling | C | The the thing the the Arguers are arguing over or about. |
| Strictness | C | The Agent may be strict or lenient with respect to a particular matter or situation. Issue occurs in PP Complements, usually headed by about : The city council is strict about pollution control . |
| Taking_sides | C | The matter, usually concerning a course of action, which the Cognizer has an positive or negative opinion about. |
| Waver_between_options | C | The Issue is a question about a course of action or a choice between items. |