Definitions of Action| Frame | Type | Definition |
| Bungling | C | This FE identifies the Action that the Agent performs incorrectly. |
| Contrition | C | The FE Action marks expressions that indicate a prior action that the Experiencer has come to feel bad about. |
| Daring | C | This FE denotes the Action taken by the Agent . |
| Deny_permission | C | The Action is what the Protagonist seeks to do, but is ordered not to. |
| Deserving | C | An Action that is taken to be justifiable given the State_of_Affairs . |
| Exertive_force | C | An action in which the Entity exerts Force . |
| Fairness_evaluation | C | The Action is judged based on how just and appopriate it is to the Affected_party in a particular situation. |
| Grant_permission | C | The Action is the activitiy of the Grantee that the Grantor permits. |
| Hindering | C | The Action is what the Protagonist desires to do, which is made more difficult by the Hindrance . It can also be a natural act or collective endeavor, not linked to an overt Protagonist . |
| Influence_of_event_on_cognizer | C | The Action that the Cognizer is influenced to do. |
| Legality | C | The Action is the behavior which complies with or violates the Code . |
| Losing_it | C | Something done by the Protagonist as a result of losing mental equilibrium. |
| Place_weight_on | C | The Action is performed with importance placed on the Consideration . |
| Practice | C | This FE identifies the Action that the Agent performs intentionally in order to prepare for a later Occasion . |
| Rashness | C | The Action is carried out by the Protagonist with or without regard for the circumstances under which it is performed or consideration of possible consequences. |
| Reason | C | The action that the Agent performs in response to a State_of_Affairs . |
| Remembering_to_do | C | An Action that the Cognizer is supposed to carry out. This may be a Task imposed specifically on the Cognizer or it may be self- or socially imposed. |
| Resolve_attempt_scenario | P | This FE identifies the means by which the Goal is achieved (or not). |
| Run_risk | C | The Action that creates the risk. |
| Subjective_influence | C | An Action that the Cognizer decides to carry out as a consequence of the influence of a Situation or Entity . |
| Taking_sides | C | An action taken by a Side or a view that the Side takes on an issue which the Cognizer either supports or opposes. |
| Thwarting | C | The Action is the action or event certain individuals desire to bring about which is prevented by the Preventing_cause . |