| Frame Element | Assailant |
| Identifier | 0000000175 |
| Parent | Agent |
| Number of Definitions | 3 |
| Number of Children | 0 |
| Path to Top | Assailant -> Agent -> Entity -> Top |
| Frame | Type | Definition |
| Attack | C | The person (or other self-directed entity) that is attempting physical harm to the Victim . |
| Besieging | C | The Assailant is a group of armed forces (or, metonymically, their commander or the organization they represent) that encircles, surrounds, or otherwise cuts off the Beseiged in an attempt to force surrender. |
| Defend | C | The person (or other self-directed entity) that is attempting physical harm to the Victim . |