Definitions of Body_part| Frame | Type | Definition |
| Medical_conditions | P | Body_Part is used for the part or area of the body affected by the condition or disease. |
| Appearance | P | Body_part expressions are not common in this frame, but may occur with the verb "feel" (the only verb in this frame that does not lexically encode the Body_part involved in perception) or occasionally (and redundantly) with other verbs. |
| Body_movement | C | With some verbs in this frame, the Body_part involved in the action is specified by the meaning of the verb and cannot be expressed separately. For example, With others, the Body_part is specified by the verb but can optionally be expressed separately, although its presence is generally redundant, as in A few verbs have a default Body_part which need not be expressed, but can be overridden by the expression of some other Body_part . (The objectless version of the sentence, Pat waved , is a blend with communication.) The remainder of the verbs require a Body_part to be expressed in a separate constituent: Body_part generally occurs as the direct object. |
| Cause_bodily_experience | C | >The Body_part identifies the location on the Experiencer 's body where the bodily experience takes place. |
| Cause_harm | C | The Body_part identifies the location on the body where the bodily injury takes place. |
| Corporal_punishment | P | This FE is the location on the body where the bodily injury takes place. |
| Cure | C | The Body_part is the specific area of the Patient 's body which is treated. |
| Exercising | P | An area of the Agent 's body that the activity is direct at. |
| Experience_bodily_harm | C | The location on the body of the Experiencer where the bodily injury takes place. |
| Gesture | C | The Body_part is the specific body part of the Communicator which gestures. |
| Grooming | C | This is the region of the body that gets groomed. |
| Health_response | P | The Body_part identifies the part of the body that is responding to the Trigger . |
| Making_faces | C | The particular part of the face that the Agent moves into a facial expression. |
| Observable_body_parts | C | This Frame Element is the Body_part . |
| Perception_active | C | Body_part identifies the part of the body used as a sensory organ of the Perceiver_agentive , typically expressed in a with -PP. This frame element occurs infrequently in this frame, because most of the target words intrinsically imply what part of the body is used (e.g. smelling must be done with the nose). However, the verb feel does take this frame element, because touch is not localized on the body the same way as other modalities . Body_part may be expressed in other modalities when it adds specificity to what is implied by the target word in question. |
| Perception_body | C | This FE is the location on the body where the physical experience takes place, typically expressed as External Argument, often as PP complement: My legs are a little sore . I'm a little sore in my legs . |
| Perception_experience | C | The Body_part is the location on the Perceiver_passive 's body where the perceptual experience takes place. It is typically expressed in a PP. This Frame Element occurs less frequently than others, because many target words imply that a particular part of the body is involved (e.g. smelling must be done with the nose). However, the verb feel does take this Frame Element, because touch is not localized on the body the same way other modalities are. Body_part may be expressed in other modalities when it adds specificity to what is implied by the target word in question. |
| Punctual_perception | C | The Body_part is the location on the body where the perceptual experience takes place. It is typically expressed in a PP. |
| Recovery | C | Where Body Part is expressed as a separate constituent (rather than in phrases such as the wound on Pat's arm ), it occurs as an External Argument: Body Part is treated as a separate Frame Element although it may be viewed as metonymic for Affliction. |
| Sensation | C | This FE is assigned to phrases expressing the body part in which a sensation is located. Since touch is the least localized of sense modalities, words relating to haptic sensations are the ones most likely to occur with this FE: Words for other sense modalities can occasionally express this FE as well: |
| Subjective_temperature | C | A part of the body of the Experiencer in which the sensation of a temperature is located. |
| Toxic_substance | P | The Body_part defines the part of the Victim 's body that is harmed. |
| Wearing | C | The body part of the Wearer which is covered by the Clothing . |